scholarly journals TEST QUESTIONNAIRE "PARTIAL POSITIONS OF PERSONALITY HARDINESS": RESULTS OF CREATION AND APPROBATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 14-22
Author(s):  
Iryna Brynza ◽  
Oksana Kuznetsova
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Original Method ◽  
Correlation Factor ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Reliability Method ◽  
Theoretical Construction ◽  
Personality Hardiness ◽  
Specific Manifestation

The article presents the theoretical construction, stages of creation and results of psychometric verification of the test questionnaire "Partial positions of personality hardiness" (PPH). Hardiness stands for the ability of an individual to assimilate experience and development during life's difficulties. Partial positions of personality hardiness cover a specific manifestation of the characteristics in different types of hardships, which is implemented in a range of emotional reactions and feelings, the nature of psychological difficulties, mechanisms of assimilation of problem experience, coping strategies and transformation of unpleasant circumstances. The developed test questionnaire contains 100 statements, distributed on 5 scales of 20 statements each: "hardiness in a situation of stress", "hardiness in a situation of frustration", "hardiness in a situation of conflict", "hardiness in a crisis", "resilience in situations of uncertainty". The algorithm of the original method construction provided for several stages that meet the requirements of modern psychometrics. At the stage of approbation of the test questionnaire its reliability (method of division in half, parallel test, check of independence of results from the personality of the diagnostician), obvious, constructive, convergent; competitive validity (methods of correlation, factor analysis), discriminativeness has been verified. The presence of correlations between the indicators of the PPH test questionnaire and the S. Muddy Test of hardiness (adapted by D. Leontiev, O. Rasskazova) indicates that the developed method measures the same psychological quality as the reference test, but low (from 0.20 to 0.30) and average (from 0.30 to 0.50) values of correlation coefficients indicate that the new method has different theoretical construction grounds. Comparison of data between the test-questionnaire of PPH and parallel tests ("Test-questionnaire of indicators' diagnostics of psychological crisis experience" (PE) (O. Sannikova, I. Brynza), and a method of "Self-assessment of mental states according to G. Eysenck") showed existence of negative correlations between of the majority of comparative methods' indicators of (p≤0.01; p≤0.05). The results of approbation approved the conformity of the created method in accordance with psychometric requirements, which allows to use it both for scientific and practical purposes.

The Value of Health and Healthy Lifestyle Among Russian Adolescents as a Bioinformatics Object

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
Lilya Rozhkova ◽  
Svetlana Vlazneva ◽  
Olga Salnikova
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Specialized Software ◽  
Biological Objects ◽  
Value Of Health

Health is a qualitative prerequisite for the future self-fulfillment of young people, the ability to create a family and bear children, receive education and perform work, social, political, and creative activity. The attitude of young people to health is a system of personal, selective relations of individuals with various phenomena and social environment that contribute, or vice versa, threaten the health of the younger generation. It is also a certain self-assessment of the individual's physical and psychological condition. Bioinformatics technologies are implemented using methods that allow for collection, processing, and interpretation of data on biological objects. Considering a human and its subsystem, health as bioinformatics object, analysis of biological, social, intellectual, and mental states using materials and information technologies seems appropriate. Specialized software “Sociology,” which allows working with research materials of various health indicators, was used for data processing. The article presents the values of health in the views of modern adolescents.

Multilevel Exploratory Factor Analysis of the Feeling Word Checklist–24

Assessment ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 907-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Lindqvist ◽  
Fredrik Falkenström ◽  
Rolf Sandell ◽  
Rolf Holmqvist ◽  
Annika Ekeblad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Therapeutic Relationship ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Intraclass Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Therapeutic Interaction ◽  
Random Intercept ◽  
Different Levels

Emotional reactions are a vital part of the therapeutic relationship. The Feeling Word Checklist–24 (FWC-24) is an instrument asking the clinician (or the patient) to report to what degree he or she has experienced various feelings during a therapeutic interaction. The aim of this study was to assess the factor structure of the clinician-rated FWC-24 when taking dependencies in the data into account. The sample was deliberately heterogeneous and consisted of 4,443 ratings made by 101 psychotherapists working with different psychotherapy methods in relation to 191 patients of different ages, genders, and with different primary diagnoses. A random intercept-only model revealed large intraclass correlation coefficients at the therapist level, indicating that a multilevel analysis was warranted. A two-level exploratory factor analysis with therapists as the between level and patients plus sessions as the within level was conducted. The items from FWC-24 were found to be best represented by four factors on the between level and four factors on the within level. The factor structures were largely similar on the two levels and were labeled Engaged, Inadequate, Relaxed, and Moved. The different factors explained different amounts of variance on different levels, indicating that some factors are more therapist dependent and some more patient dependent.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale, WISC-IV for Deaf Intelligence with Wardenburg Syndrome and Level of Intelligence for Different Mental States

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Samer Mohamed Abu Drei
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Deaf People ◽  
Waardenburg Syndrome ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Deaf Person ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Lower Limits

This study aimed to investigate the psychometric characteristics of the Wechsler-4 scale of the intelligence of deaf people with Waardenburg syndrome and the level of intelligence according to the mental state. To achieve the objectives of the study, a descriptive survey method was used. The sample of the study consisted of (17) students from all deaf schools in Jordan, whose ages ranged between (8-17) years, and (WISC-IV) was applied in sign language. Indicators are reached for Construct Validity (2.741 - 0.243). And indications for reliability, where the correlation coefficients ranged between (0.487 - 0.898). The results showed that there were no differences in the IQ level of deaf people with Waardenburg syndrome due to gender. The absence of differences in the IQ level of deaf people with Waardenburg syndrome is due to the mental state variable in favor of the deaf group of those with the borderline between Gifted and Superior, but the overall IQ level of the deaf person with Waardenburg syndrome is within the lower limits (IQ = 71), which is Learning Disability. There are also differences in the level of the sub-tests of the scale for deaf people with Waardenburg syndrome, as the (Cancellation) test was the highest score and then (coding) in second place. The study recommends including this syndrome as part of the hearing impairment categories. Studies have been carried out on the development of the functional section of the Wechsler-4 scale to suit the visual perception of deaf people with Waardenburg syndrome.   Received: 27 February 2021 / Accepted: 5 June 2021 / Published: 8 July 2021

scholarly journals The effect of a 5-year hand hygiene initiative, consisting of the 5 Components, the 5 Steps, and the Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework, an interrupted time-series study.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yumi Suzuki ◽  
Motoko Morino ◽  
Ichizo Morita ◽  
Shigenori Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Hand Hygiene ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Interrupted Time Series ◽  
World Health ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Interrupted Time Series Analysis ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Consumption Change ◽  
Health Organization

Abstract Background:A World Health Organization (WHO) guideline-based multimodal hand hygiene (HH) initiative consisting of the 5 Components, the 5 Steps, and the HH Self-Assessment Framework (HHSAF) was introduced hospital-wide to a nonteaching Japanese hospital for 5 years. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of this initiative in terms of changes in alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) consumption and HHSAF score.Methods:The consumption of monthly hospital-wide ABHR was calculated as ml per patient day (PD). The change in ABHR consumption was analysed by an interrupted time series analysis, with a preintervention period of 36 months and an intervention period of 60 months. The correlation between annual ABHR consumption and the HHSAF score was estimated using Pearson’s correlation coefficients.Results:A statistically significant increase was found in the monthly ABHR consumption (change in slope: + 0.479 ml/PD, p < 0.01). Annual ABHR consumption was strongly correlated with the annual HHSAF score (r = 0.971, p < 0.01).Conclusions:A 5-year, 5-step, WHO-based HH initiative significantly increased ABHR consumption. Our study suggested that the HHSAF score can be a good process measure to improve HH in a single facility, as ABHR consumption increased with the HHSAF score.

scholarly journals Using confidence-based marking in a laboratory setting: A tool for student self-assessment and learning

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah A. Barr ◽  
Jeanmarie R. Burke
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Tool ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Laboratory Setting ◽  
High Confidence ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Confidence Levels ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
And Function

Objective Confidence-based marking (CBM), developed by A. R. Gardner-Medwin et al., has been used for many years in the medical school setting as an assessment tool. Our study evaluates the use of CBM in the neuroanatomy laboratory setting, and its effectiveness as a tool for student self-assessment and learning. Methods The subjects were 224 students enrolled in Neuroscience I over a period of four trimesters. Regional neuroanatomy multiple choice question (MCQ) quizzes were administered the week following topic presentation in the laboratory. A total of six quizzes was administered during the trimester and the MCQ was paired with a confidence question, and the paired questions were scored using a three-level CBM scoring scheme. Results Spearman's rho correlation coefficients indicated that the number of correct answers was correlated highly with the CBM score (high, medium, low) for each topic. The χ2 analysis within each neuroscience topic detected that the distribution of students into low, medium, and high confidence levels was a function of number of correct answers on the quiz (p &lt; .05). Pairwise comparisons of quiz performance with CBM score as the covariate detected that the student's level of understanding of course content was greatest for information related to spinal cord and medulla, and least for information related to midbrain and cerebrum. Conclusion CBM is a reliable strategy for challenging students to think discriminately-based on their knowledge of material. The three-level CBM scoring scheme was a valid tool to assess student learning of core neuroanatomic topics regarding structure and function.

scholarly journals The mental state of population of cities and towns during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktoriya Edigareva ◽  
◽  
Yuliya Makarevskaya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Small Population ◽  
Severe Form ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
The World ◽  
Almost All

In late 2019 - early 2020, the world was faced with a massive infection of COVID-19. The spread of the disease was quite high and affected almost all countries of the world. The infection was transmitted in a severe form, and therefore there were many deaths. Undoubtedly, the situation affected the mental state of people in many regions of the world and our country. Therefore, the aim of our research was to study the mental state of residents of cities and towns during the COVID-19. We assumed that during the spread of COVID-19 across Russia, the indicators of mental states, namely "frustration", "neurotization" and "energy" in cities and towns, will differ. However, the level of "anxiety" will not have significant differences. Particular hypotheses: the level of "frustration" will be higher in big cities, "neurotization" and "energy" will have a higher rate in small towns. The following methods were used in the research: Eysenck H.J. «Scale of mental states, Boyko V.V. «Method of neurotization diagnostics», method "Self-assessment of emotional states" A. Wessman and D. Ricks, nonparametric Mann-Whitney test. The research involved 83 people, 44 people lives in large cities, 39 – lives in small, 16 – males, 67 – females. Age: from 13 to 74. According to the results of the work, the hypothesis of the same level of anxiety in both groups was fully confirmed. The differences in the level of frustration and neurotization were not statistically confirmed. The hypothesis of a higher level of "energy" in regions with a small population was partially confirmed.

scholarly journals COVID-19 epidemic trends from a Self-Assessment Web Application in France: Observational Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrice Denis ◽  
Arnaud Fontanet ◽  
Yann-Mael Le Douarin ◽  
Florian Le Goff ◽  
Stephan Jeanneau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Young Population ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Emergency Visits ◽  
Spatially Correlated ◽  
Participatory Surveillance ◽  
Second Wave

BACKGROUND We developed a self-assessment and participatory surveillance web-application for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which was launched in France in March 2020. OBJECTIVE We compared daily large-scale RT-PCR tests results to daily connections to a self-triage application by anosmic users to assess dynamics of emergency visits, hospitalizations and ICU admissions for COVID-19 positive patients in France. METHODS Between 3/21/2020 and 11/18//2020, users of maladiecoronavirus.fr self-triage application were asked questions about COVID-19 symptoms. Data of daily hospitalizations, large-scale RT-PCR positive tests, emergency visits and ICU entrances for COVID-19 patients were compared to data of anosmic users of the applications. RESULTS As of November 18, 2020, 575,214 users reported recent anosmia on near 13 Million responders. Daily anosmia reported during the peak of connections to the application on September 16 were spatially correlated with daily COVID-19–related hospitalizations peak which occurred in November (spearman correlation coefficients=0.77, p<.001). Decrease of the connections of anosmic users after the main peaks of connections preceded the decrease of daily hospitalizations by 10 and 9 days during the first and the second outbreak waves respectively although the decrease of RT-PCR positive tests occurred only 2 days before daily hospitalizations during the second wave. CONCLUSIONS A peak of daily reported anosmia in young adults was observed 49 days before the peak of the hospitalizations corresponding to the first phase of a large-scale contamination of young population followed by older people leading to hospitalization’s peak in November. Data of anosmic users of a national widespread self-assessment application can be a relevant tool to anticipate outbreak surge, and hospitalizations and ICU decrease of COVID-19 patients. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04331171

Short German Versions of Empathizing and Systemizing Self-Assessment Scales

2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea C. Samson ◽  
Odilo W. Huber
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Work Load ◽  
Mental States ◽  
German Language ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Assessment Scales

Short German-language versions of empathizing and systemizing self-assessment scales have been developed based on the questionnaires by Baron-Cohen and colleagues (e.g., Baron-Cohen, Richler, Bisarya, Gurunathan, & Wheelwright, S., 2003 ; Baron-Cohen, 2004 ). According to the E-S theory, empathizing is characterized by the drive to cognize emotional and cognitive mental states in others and to react to these in an appropriate manner. In contrast, systemizing circumscribes the interest in systems, which includes analyzing, constructing, predicting, and controlling it. The present study pursued two goals: First, to provide a psychometrically tested measure of the constructs in German language; second, to provide a short form of the scale to reduce participants’ work load. Study 1 (N = 206) used factor analyses to select a subset of the 80 items used in the Baron-Cohen et al. Study 2 (N = 201) demonstrated the internal consistency and stability of the new empathizing and systemizing scales with 13 items each. Study 3 (N = 122) revealed high retest reliabilities.

scholarly journals Study of the psychological characteristics of the personality of students with varying degrees of severity of Internet addiction

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 10014
Author(s):  
Anna Kukulyar ◽  
Anastasia Kolenova ◽  
Oleg Butenko ◽  
Vera Butenko
Keyword(s):  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Degrees Of Severity

Nowadays, the Internet has a serious impact on the human psyche, and this problem is only gaining momentum. During the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of a forced necessity, the whole world moved to the global information space. There are both pros and cons to such absolute digitalization. We, as psychologists, will be interested in the other side of the coin. On the basis of this, we conducted an empirical study dedicated to the study of the psychological characteristics of the personality of students with varying degrees of severity of Internet addiction. This article will present the results of a study involving 250 students from various universities in Russia. In the course of empirical research, we used the following methods: an author’s questionnaire to determine the amount and quality of time spent by respondents on the Internet; Diagnostics of the tendency to 13 types of addictions (G.V. Lozovaya); Test “Self-assessment of mental states” (G.Yu. Eysenck); Methodology “Diagnostics of typologies of psychological defense” (R. Plutchikas adapted by L.I. Wasserman, O.F. Eryshev, E.B. Klubova, etc.); Methodology for «Determining stress resistance and social adaptation» of Holmes and Rage; Kimberly Young «Internet Addiction Test». The results obtained in the course of the research can be used by practicing psychologists, psychotherapists, clinical psychologists when working with addicts and co-addicts. The presented results can be applied in the practice of the educational process as prevention of Internet addiction.

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