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Investigating the Appropriateness and Validity of the Academic Motivation Scale-College Version for South African First-Year University Students

Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2021
South African universities have one of the lowest graduation rates in the world, especially amongstfirst-year university students. South Africa's first-year university students are taxed with tremendouschallenges.
Adéle Kapp, Karina Mostert, Leon de Beer   +2 more
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Photographic Assessment of Change in Trichotillomania: Psychometric Properties and Variables Influencing Interpretation [PDF]

, 2016
Although photographic assessment has been found to be reliable in assessing hair loss in Trichotillomania, the validity of this method is unclear, particularly for gauging progress in treatment.
Compton, Scott N., Franklin, Maddison R., Franklin, Martin E., Houghton, David C., Neal-Barnett, Angela M., Saunders, Stephen M., Twohig, Michael P., Woods, Douglas W.   +7 more
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Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed, Raquel Revuelta Iniesta, Mary Fewtrell, Julie Lanigan, Breeana Gardiner, Graeme O'Connor   +5 more
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Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of a German version of the Activity Patterns Scale (APS-GE) in a large sample of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain

Frontiers in Pain Research
BackgroundAcknowledging the multidimensionality of pain-related activity patterns led to the development of a new self-report instrument, the Activity Patterns Scale (APS), linking activity pacing to underlying goals.
Anne Kästner, Margarete Donhauser, Inga von Freytag-Löringhoff, Frank Petzke   +3 more
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Reliability and Criterion Validity of the Assess2Perform Bar Sensei

Sports, 2019
The Assess2Perform Bar Sensei is a device used to measure barbell velocity for velocity-based training that has not yet been validated. The purpose of this study was to determine criterion validity and reliability of the Assess2Perform Bar Sensei in ...
George K. Beckham, Danielle K. Layne, Steven B. Kim, Eric A. Martin, Benjamin G. Perez, Kent J. Adams   +5 more
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Criterion-Related Validity of the Children\u27s Occupational Performance Questionnaire [PDF]

, 2015
This study examined concurrent, criterion-related validity of a new measure of occupational performance for children, the Children’s Occupational Performance Questionnaire (COP-Q).
Zukowski, Kelsey
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cluster validity for fuzzy criterion clustering

1995 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Intelligent Systems for the 21st Century, 1999
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Esogbue, A.O., Liu, Baoding
openaire   +1 more source

Correlation between scores obtained by medical students in various educational courses and Basic Sciences and Pre-internship Comprehensive Exams

Development Strategies in Medical Education, 2016
Introduction: Predictive validity is one of important characteristics of a test; it means that what extent a test predicts scores of criterion test. This type of validity can be obtained through determining correlation between scores of two tests.
Akbar Pirzadeh, Shabnam Ahangar Davoodi, Bita Shahbazzadegan, Firooz Amani, Kazem Akharbin   +4 more
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Development and Initial Validation of an Admission Test for Bachelor Psychology Studies

Frontiers in Education, 2022
Extensive evidence clearly endorses the use of standardized reasoning ability tests and subject-specific knowledge tests as valid and useful tools for admission-restricted study programs.
Luc Watrin, Mattis Geiger, Mattis Geiger, Julie Levacher, Birgit Spinath, Oliver Wilhelm   +5 more
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