scholarly journals Departmental support structures for physics graduate students: Development and psychometric evaluation of a self-report instrument

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Sachmpazidi ◽  
Charles Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Support Structures ◽  
Departmental Support

The Relationship Between Texture Responses on the Rorschach and Adult Attachment

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazunori Iwasa ◽  
Toshiki Ogawa
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Japanese Population ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Attachment Avoidance ◽  
Sensitive Measure ◽  
The Relationship

We examined the relationship between texture responses (T) on the Rorschach and adult attachment in the Japanese population. 47 Japanese undergraduate and graduate students (mean age = 20.16, SD = 1.87) completed a self-report adult attachment scale as well as the Rorschach. An ANOVA revealed that T = 1 participants were attached more securely than were other groups. T > 1 participants were more preoccupied with attachment and scored higher on an attachment anxiety scale than the T = 1 group. Although these results were consistent with the interpretation of the texture response according to the Comprehensive System (CS), the results obtained for T = 0 participants were inconsistent with hypotheses derived from the CS. T = 0 participants were high on preoccupied and attachment anxiety scores, although they were theoretically expected to be high on dismissing or attachment avoidance. These results indicated that – at least in Japan – T should be regarded as a sensitive measure of attachment anxiety.

Measuring Social Anxiety in Late Life: A Psychometric Evaluation of a Newly Constructed Self-Report Measure of Social Anxiety

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine E. Gould ◽  
Caroline Ciliberti ◽  
Barry A. Edelstein ◽  
Merideth Smith ◽  
Lindsay A. Gerolimatos
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Constructed Self ◽  
Report Measure

scholarly journals Psychometric evaluation of a newly developed measure of emotionalism after stroke (TEARS-Q)

2020 ◽  
pp. 026921552098172
Author(s):  
Niall M Broomfield ◽  
Robert West ◽  
Allan House ◽  
Theresa Munyombwe ◽  
Mark Barber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Item Response ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Stroke Survivors ◽  
Reference Standard ◽  
Stroke Units ◽  
Post Stroke ◽  
Response Variance ◽  
Mild Stroke ◽  
Functional Outcome Measures

Objective: To evaluate, psychometrically, a new measure of tearful emotionalism following stroke: Testing Emotionalism After Recent Stroke – Questionnaire (TEARS-Q). Setting: Acute stroke units based in nine Scottish hospitals, in the context of a longitudinal cohort study of post-stroke emotionalism. Subjects: A total of 224 clinically diagnosed stroke survivors recruited between October 1st 2015 and September 30th 2018, within 2 weeks of their stroke. Measures: The measure was the self-report questionnaire TEARS-Q, constructed based on post-stroke tearful emotionalism diagnostic criteria: (i) increased tearfulness, (ii) crying comes on suddenly, with no warning (iii) crying not under usual social control and (iv) crying episodes occur at least once weekly. The reference standard was presence/absence of emotionalism on a diagnostic, semi-structured post-stroke emotionalism interview, administered at the same assessment point. Stroke, mood, cognition and functional outcome measures were also completed by the subjects. Results: A total of 97 subjects were female, with a mean age 65.1 years. 205 subjects had sustained ischaemic stroke. 61 subjects were classified as mild stroke. TEARS-Q was internally consistent (Cronbach’s alpha 0.87). TEARS-Q scores readily discriminated the two groups, with a mean difference of −7.18, 95% CI (−8.07 to −6.29). A cut off score of 2 on TEARS-Q correctly identified 53 of the 61 stroke survivors with tearful emotionalism and 140 of the 156 stroke survivors without tearful emotionalism. One factor accounted for 57% of the item response variance, and all eight TEARS-Q items acceptably discriminated underlying emotionalism. Conclusion: TEARS-Q accurately diagnoses tearful emotionalism after stroke.

Predicting relapse in schizophrenia: the development and implementation of an early signs monitoring system using patients and families as observers, a preliminary investigation

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 649-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Birchwood ◽  
Jo Smith ◽  
Fiona Macmillan ◽  
Bridget Hogg ◽  
Rekha Prasad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Prevention ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Prodromal Symptoms ◽  
Considerable Potential ◽  
Early Signs ◽  
Pilot Investigation

SynopsisRecognition of prodromal symptoms of schizophrenia offers the potential of early intervention to avert relapse and re-hospitalization (Carpenter & Heinrichs, 1983). The present study investigated how a strategy to detect prodromal signs might be effectively applied in the clinical setting. A standard monitoring system was developed involving completion of a new early signs scale (ESS) measuring changes in key symptoms phenomenologically (self-report) and behaviourally (observer report). The ESS was subject to rigorous psychometric evaluation and tested in a prospective pilot investigation. The ESS reliably identified early signs and predicted relapse with an overall accuracy of 79%. Several different patterns of relapse were identified. Observer reports compensated for loss of insight in some patients. In two cases where early signs indices were detected, prompt increases in medication appeared to arrest relapse and avert readmission. The ESS offers itself as a reliable, valid and administratively feasible measure and demonstrates considerable potential as a cost-effective procedure for secondary prevention.

Psychometric evaluation of the Mandarin Chinese version of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale–Self Report

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 29-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric B. Lee ◽  
Chen Cheng Zhang ◽  
Hengfen Gong ◽  
Yingying Zhang ◽  
Haiyan Jin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mandarin Chinese ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive

scholarly journals A Psychometric Evaluation of the Guilt and Shame Experience Scale (GSES) on a Representative Adolescent Sample: A Low Differentiation between Guilt and Shame

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (23) ◽  
pp. 8901
Author(s):  
Klara Malinakova ◽  
Jana Furstova ◽  
Michal Kalman ◽  
Radek Trnka
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Moral Emotions ◽  
Religious Attendance ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Comparison Of The Results

The Guilt and Shame Experience Scale (GSES) is a new, brief self-report instrument for assessing experiences of guilt and shame. It includes two distinct scales: feelings of shame and feelings of guilt. The present report focuses on results from a final validation study using a nationally representative sample of 7899 adolescents (M age = 14.5 ± 1.1 years, 50.7% boys) who participated in the 2014 Health Behavior in School-aged Children study. For factor analysis, the dataset was divided into two groups. One group (n = 3950) was used for the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and the second (n = 3949) for the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The EFA results in a one-factor model of the GSES scale, while the CFA suggests a two-factor solution mirroring two scales, feelings of shame and feelings of guilt. Both models have a good fit to the data, and the scale also showed high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.89). A nonparametric comparison of different sociodemographic groups showed a higher disposition for experiencing guilt and shame among girls, students of the ninth grade, and religious respondents. A comparison of the results to previously published results obtained from adults indicates that adolescence is a developmental period involving low differentiation between moral emotions like guilt and shame compared with adulthood. Moreover, positive association with religious attendance shows a need of addressing these issues in a pastoral care setting.

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