scholarly journals Cheating under the Circumstances in Marital Relationships: The Development and Examination of the Propensity towards Infidelity Scale

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 392
Author(s):  
Carmen Gabriela Lișman ◽  
Andrei Corneliu Holman
Keyword(s):  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Moral Standards ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Two Measures

Most of the previously developed scales addressing infidelity were developed on young samples in dating relationships and with limited couple experience. The present study proposes an instrument to measure the proneness for infidelity among married people with substantial experience as a couple. Specific contexts described by the items, in which unfaithful behavior might occur, were selected from those revealed by previous research on people’s motives of past infidelity. Across two studies (N = 618) we examined the factorial structure and the psychometric characteristics of the Propensity towards Infidelity Scale (PTIS). Results revealed a one-dimensional structure of the PTIS and supported its reliability, its construct, criterion and incremental validity. PTIS emerged as negatively associated with two measures of adherence to moral standards, and positively related to past unfaithful behavior. Furthermore, the new instrument was found to bring a significant contribution in explaining these behaviors beyond two other scales of infidelity intentions.

scholarly journals Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: A New Instrument to Measure Anxiety Symptoms Associated with COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Aníbal González-Rivera ◽  
Adam Rosario-Rodríguez ◽  
Andrés Cruz-Santos
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Mental Health Screening ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Psychometric Analyses

Background: The purpose of this study was to adapt and validate the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in a sample of Hispanic residents in Puerto Rico. This instrument is a brief mental health screening to identify anxiety symptoms associated with COVID-19. Method: An availability sampling and a sample of 327 Spanish-speaking participants were used. Results: Psychometric analyses confirmed that the scale has a one-dimensional structure and solid reliability (Ω = .93) and validity. The five items met fair discrimination values, demonstrating that the instrument can distinguish between people with anxiety symptoms associated with COVID-19 and those without symptoms. According to the analyses performed, the cut-off points to identify significant symptoms of coronavirus anxiety was ≥ 10. The prevalence of significant symptoms of coronavirus anxiety was 15.29% (n = 50). Conclusions: These results support the scale as a useful and valid tool for clinical research and practice.

Development of the Fear of Intimacy Components Questionnaire (FICQ)

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 302-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Pedro Sobral ◽  
Maria Emília Costa
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Fear Of Intimacy ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Abstract. We developed a new instrument designed to measure fear of intimacy in romantic relationships. We suggest assessing fear of intimacy through two dimensions: self-revelation and dependence. The Fear of Intimacy Components Questionnaire (FICQ) was validated across three studies in which a 10-item solution systematically emerged. Consistently with a two component perspective, a two-factor solution fitted data the best: fear of losing the self (FLS) and fear of losing the other (FLO). Qualitative analyses verified content validity. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses tested the factor structure. Multigroup analyses supported the structural invariance across gender, age, and relationship status. Both factors showed adequate discriminant validity and internal consistency, and good 3-week period test-retest reliability. Associations between the FICQ and insecure attachment orientations demonstrated convergent validity. The association between the FICQ and relationship satisfaction above and beyond a preexisting measure offered criterion validity. By going beyond traditional self-revelation-focused conception of fear of intimacy, that is, by proposing a bi-dimensional structure to fear of intimacy, we believe that this new measure will contribute to future research on fear of intimacy.

Emotion information processing as a new component of emotional intelligence: Theoretical framework and empirical evidence

2021 ◽  
pp. 089020702110076
Author(s):  
Marina Fiori ◽  
Shagini Udayar ◽  
Ashley Vesely Maillefer
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Stressful Situation ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Ability Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Processing Component ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and emotion information processing (EIP) has received surprisingly little attention in the literature. The present research addresses these gaps in the literature by introducing a conceptualization of emotional intelligence as composed of two distinct components: (1) EIK or emotion Knowledge component, captured by current ability emotional intelligence tests, related to top-down, higher order reasoning about emotions, and which depends more strongly on acquired and culture-bound knowledge about emotions; (2) EIP or emotion information Processing component, measured with emotion information processing tasks, requires faster processing and is based on bottom-up attention-related responses to emotion information. In Study 1 ( N = 349) we tested the factorial structure of this new EIP component within the nomological network of intelligence and current ability emotional intelligence. In Study 2 ( N =111) we tested the incremental validity of EIP in predicting both overall performance and the charisma of a presenter while presenting in a stressful situation. Results support the importance of acknowledging the role of emotion information processing in the emotional intelligence literature and point to the utility of introducing a new EI measure that would capture stable individual differences in how individuals process emotion information.

scholarly journals The ENDOPAIN 4D Questionnaire: A New Validated Tool for Assessing Pain in Endometriosis

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 3216
Author(s):  
Anne Puchar ◽  
Pierre Panel ◽  
Anne Oppenheimer ◽  
Joseph Du Cheyron ◽  
Xavier Fritel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Minimal Clinically Important Difference ◽  
Patient Reported Outcome ◽  
Measurement Properties ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Clinically Important Difference ◽  
Urinary Tract Symptoms ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Pain Symptoms

Objectives: To study the measurement properties, the responsiveness and the minimal clinically important difference of the ENDOPAIN-4D: a new questionnaire for assessing pain in endometriosis. Methods: A prospective, observational, multicentre study was conducted including all women ≥18 years consulting for symptomatic proven endometriosis between 1 January 2017 and 30 June 2018 and volunteering to participate. Each patient had to answer a new self-administered patient-reported outcome (PRO) questionnaires (the ENDOPAIN-4D) at inclusion (T0) and 12 months after medical or surgical treatment (T1). Criteria defined by COSMIN were used to validate the questionnaire's measurement properties. The minimal clinically important difference was estimated by the anchor-based method. Results: The study included 199 women. The ENDOPAIN-4D score had a four dimensional structure with good internal consistency (measured by Cronbach α): I) pain-related disability (α = 0.79), II) painful bowel symptoms (α = 0.80), III) dyspareunia (α = 0.83), and IV) painful urinary tract symptoms (α = 0.77). They produced four subscores that can be summed to obtain a single score (α = 0.61). The ENDOPAIN-4D total score ranged from 0 to 94.00 (mean ± SD: 46.7 ± 22). The total score was significantly correlated with the PROs used in endometriosis. Sensitivity to change was good with large effect sizes (ES) (mean of the differences: 36.3 p = 1.8 10−7, ES 0.76). The minimal clinically important difference of the global score was determined to be 10.9. Conclusions: The ENDOPAIN-4D questionnaire is easy to use, valid, and effective in assessing patient reported pain symptoms in women treated for endometriosis. This new instrument can be used as the primary outcome for future clinical trials and as a tool for routine patient follow-up.

Motivational Climate Measures in Sport: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Lacerda ◽  
Alberto Filgueiras ◽  
Marianna Campos ◽  
Richard Keegan ◽  
Jesús Landeira-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Motivational Climate ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
Structural Variables ◽  
New Instruments ◽  
Critical Consideration

Abstract Motivational climate can be defined as the environmental status of sport that influences motivation levels. The present study aimed to systematically identify the most widely used measures examining motivational climate. The databases for searching were PsycNET, PubMed and ScienceDirect. The search returned a total of 378 studies of which 8 met the inclusion criteria for analysis. The results show that the most used instruments for evaluation of motivational climate have good psychometric characteristics of reliability, validity and factorial structure. On the other hand, there was a lack of studies that analyzed invariance of measures, which may be a critical consideration. Finally, the review points out the need for development of new theoretical perspectives, potential new instruments that extend beyond the socio-cognitive approach and instruments that allow the measurement of other environmental, personal and structural variables other than parents, coaches and athletes.

Porous N-doped graphitic carbon assembled one-dimensional hollow structures as high performance electrocatalysts for ORR

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (15) ◽  
pp. 12467-12471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiong Luo ◽  
Liyong Chen ◽  
Binhua Duan ◽  
Zhizhi Gu ◽  
Jing Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Graphitic Carbon ◽  
Special Structure ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Template Method ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Sacrificial Template ◽  
Hollow Structures ◽  
Electrocatalytic Performance ◽  
Hierarchical Porous

Hierarchical porous and hollow N-doped graphitic carbon with one-dimensional structure was successfully achieved by a sacrificial template method, and exhibited an enhanced electrocatalytic performance towards ORR due to its special structure.

scholarly journals Conductas disruptivas desde la óptica del docente: validación de una escala

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 855 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Álvarez-Hernández ◽  
Pilar Castro-Pañeda ◽  
Carmen González-González-de-Mesa ◽  
Eva Álvarez-Martino ◽  
María Ángel Campo-Mon
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Classroom Behaviour ◽  
Educational Professionals ◽  
The Media ◽  
Components Analysis

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 35.45pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="ES-TRAD">In recent years difficulties in the field of teaching have increased considerably, due to what it is known as disruptive classroom behaviour. Proof of this can be seen in the fact that this topic is the focus of numerous recent studies and also in the fact that this question appears frequently in the media. The main purpose of this study is to validate a scale in order to know objectively the views of educational professionals about disruptive classroom behaviours. Taking into account previous literature and working with a </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;" lang="ES-TRAD">panel of experts, a new scale of 15 items was developed. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="ES-TRAD">The scale was distributed to a sample composed of 346 professionals with an average age of 43. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="ES-TRAD">An exploratory factor analysis, a principal components analysis and an analysis of correlations between factors were applied. Such analyses </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="ES-TRAD">have confirmed that the factorial structure of the scales converges towards the anticipated factors and it reaffirms its weight and confidence level. It can be concluded from this that the scale is valid for measuring the perception of teachers regarding the question being studied. The data indicates an optimum fit of the three-dimensional structure to the items of the scale.</span>

One-Dimensional Fluorescent Nanosized-Diamond Nanowires with Fluorescent Detection of Vitamin B12

NANO ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (07) ◽  
pp. 1950084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jilong Wang ◽  
Siheng Su ◽  
Jingjing Qiu ◽  
Shiren Wang
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Anodic Aluminum Oxide Template ◽  
Fluorescent Detection ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Fluorescent Properties ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Sensitivity And Selectivity ◽  
The One

In this paper, a novel and facile method to achieve fluorescent nanosized-diamond based nanowire (NW) is reported. One-dimensional (1D) organic NW has received tremendous attention due to its superior chemical functionality and size-, shape-, and material-dependent properties. In addition, nanosized-diamond is comprehensively studied and investigated due to superior tunable fluorescent properties, cost-effectiveness, facile manufacturing and high biocompatibility. Through thermal treatment, sulfur-modified nanosized-diamond was fabricated by mixing oxidized nanosized-diamond and dibenzyl disulfide at 900∘C. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and zeta potential were employed to characterize sulfur-modified nanosized-diamond. After that, porous anodic aluminum oxide template-assisted cathodic electrophoretic deposition method was used to achieve sulfur-modified nanosized-diamond NW. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy were applied to present the one-dimensional structure of the NWs. The optical properties of sulfur nanosized-diamond NW were characterized via ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Finally, the as-synthesized sulfur-modified nanosized-diamond NW-based optical sensor was fabricated to detect vitamin B[Formula: see text] with high sensitivity and selectivity.

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