The turnover contagion process: An integrative review of theoretical and empirical research

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin M. Porter ◽  
James R. Rigby
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Contagion Process

Understanding Adoptive Families

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 679-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen M. O'Brien ◽  
Kathy P. Zamostny
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Adoptive Families ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Parent Child Communication ◽  
Research Designs

Contrary to societal stereotypes about adoption, this integrative review of published empirical research on adoptive families noted several positive and few negative out-comes with regard to satisfaction with the adoption, familial functioning, and parent-child communication. The critical analysis of 38 studies on adoptive families revealed a prevalence of descriptive passive research designs with concomitant concerns regarding sampling and generalizability. However, despite their limitations, the studies form the foundation for future research that, if replicated, provide support for viewing most adoptive families as resilient. To contribute to the empirical literature on adoption, counseling psychologists should base research in theory, study societal and cultural factors affecting adoptive families, improve methodology, and focus on resiliency and successful out-comes for adoptive families.

scholarly journals An Integrative Review of Self-efficacy: what Factors Enhance and Impair it?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 1057-1072
Author(s):  
Rias Tusianah ◽  
Cucu Sutarsyah ◽  
Muhammad Sukirlan ◽  
Ridwan Ridwan ◽  
Yunisca Nurmalisa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Search Engine ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Organized Activities ◽  
Fair Treatment ◽  
Health Leadership ◽  
Participant Characteristics ◽  
Manageable Level ◽  
Level Of Thinking

This paper studies and analyzes self-efficacy with previous empirical research to find out and understand the factors that influence the strengthening and weakening of self-efficacy. The analysis that the authors conducted include the fields of education, health, leadership, and psychology. The sample articles for this study were academic papers obtained from the Google Scholar search engine and other sources including Sage, Routledge (Taylor & Francis), Elsevier, Springer, Eric, and Scopus. The author uses an integrated review method, a total of 20 papers were analyzed. This study has two conclusions, namely (1) factors such as feelings of fair treatment, well-organized activities, programs designed according to participant characteristics, stress at a manageable level of thinking, appropriate load, sense of expectation, and good experience, can increase self-efficacy, (2) on the contrary, feelings of discrimination, many problems that are difficult to overcome, lack of support, and a burdensome environment can damage self-efficacy

Selecting the Optimal FM System for Children With Cochlear Implants

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Erin C. Schafer
Keyword(s):  
Speech Recognition ◽  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Background Noise ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Speech Processor ◽  
System Input ◽  
Optimal Type

Children who use cochlear implants experience significant difficulty hearing speech in the presence of background noise, such as in the classroom. To address these difficulties, audiologists often recommend frequency-modulated (FM) systems for children with cochlear implants. The purpose of this article is to examine current empirical research in the area of FM systems and cochlear implants. Discussion topics will include selecting the optimal type of FM receiver, benefits of binaural FM-system input, importance of DAI receiver-gain settings, and effects of speech-processor programming on speech recognition. FM systems significantly improve the signal-to-noise ratio at the child's ear through the use of three types of FM receivers: mounted speakers, desktop speakers, or direct-audio input (DAI). This discussion will aid audiologists in making evidence-based recommendations for children using cochlear implants and FM systems.

The Impact of Visual Feedback Type on the Mastery of Visuo-Motor Transformations

2012 ◽  
Vol 220 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Sülzenbrück
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Visual Feedback ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Motor Planning ◽  
Visual Input ◽  
Closed Loop Control ◽  
Loop Control ◽  
Feedback Type ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The Impact

For the effective use of modern tools, the inherent visuo-motor transformation needs to be mastered. The successful adjustment to and learning of these transformations crucially depends on practice conditions, particularly on the type of visual feedback during practice. Here, a review about empirical research exploring the influence of continuous and terminal visual feedback during practice on the mastery of visuo-motor transformations is provided. Two studies investigating the impact of the type of visual feedback on either direction-dependent visuo-motor gains or the complex visuo-motor transformation of a virtual two-sided lever are presented in more detail. The findings of these studies indicate that the continuous availability of visual feedback supports performance when closed-loop control is possible, but impairs performance when visual input is no longer available. Different approaches to explain these performance differences due to the type of visual feedback during practice are considered. For example, these differences could reflect a process of re-optimization of motor planning in a novel environment or represent effects of the specificity of practice. Furthermore, differences in the allocation of attention during movements with terminal and continuous visual feedback could account for the observed differences.

Which Data to Meta-Analyze, and How?

2019 ◽  
Vol 227 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Voracek ◽  
Michael Kossmeier ◽  
Ulrich S. Tran
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Curve Analysis ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Statistical Procedures ◽  
Graphical Displays ◽  
Primary Data Analysis ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Data Analytic

Abstract. Which data to analyze, and how, are fundamental questions of all empirical research. As there are always numerous flexibilities in data-analytic decisions (a “garden of forking paths”), this poses perennial problems to all empirical research. Specification-curve analysis and multiverse analysis have recently been proposed as solutions to these issues. Building on the structural analogies between primary data analysis and meta-analysis, we transform and adapt these approaches to the meta-analytic level, in tandem with combinatorial meta-analysis. We explain the rationale of this idea, suggest descriptive and inferential statistical procedures, as well as graphical displays, provide code for meta-analytic practitioners to generate and use these, and present a fully worked real example from digit ratio (2D:4D) research, totaling 1,592 meta-analytic specifications. Specification-curve and multiverse meta-analysis holds promise to resolve conflicting meta-analyses, contested evidence, controversial empirical literatures, and polarized research, and to mitigate the associated detrimental effects of these phenomena on research progress.

Discipline Theory and Empirical Research Still Await Connection

1983 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 453-454
Author(s):  
Henry S. Lufler
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research
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