Psychometric properties of the Chinese (Putonghua) version of the Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS-P) in subacute poststroke patients without neglect [PDF]
Background Oxford Cognitive Screen is designed for assessing cognitive functions of poststroke patients.This study was aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Chinese (Putonghua) version of theOxford Cognitive Screen-Putonghua (OCS-P) for use ...
Chan, Chetwyn C. H. +10 more
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Why a Trade-Off? The Relationship between the External and Internal Validity of Experiments
Much of the methodological discussion around experiments in economics and other social sciences is framed in terms of the notions of internal and external validity. The standard view is that internal validity and external validity stand in a relationship
Maria Jimenez-Buedo, Luis Miguel Miller
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Measuring time perspective in adolescents : can you get the right answer by asking the wrong questions? [PDF]
Time perspective continues to evolve as a psychological construct. The extant literature suggests that higher future orientation and lower present orientation are associated with better developmental outcomes. However, the extant literature also suggests
McKay, Michael T. +5 more
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University Students’ Hangover May Affect Cognitive Research
University students are the most employed category of participants in cognitive research. However, researchers cannot fully control what their participants do the night before the experiments (e.g., consumption of alcohol) and, unless the experiment ...
Mauro Murgia +6 more
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Perfectionism has been studied for almost 30 years. In the present study, we investigated the internal validity of The Perfectionism Inventory (PI—Hill et al., 2004) in an occupation that encourages perfectionistic tendencies in own behavior or in ...
Elena Mirela Samfira +2 more
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Spanish validation of the revised depression attitude questionnaire (R-daq) [PDF]
Purpose: The aim of the study was to develop and validate a Spanish version of the Revised Depression Attitude Questionnaire (R-DAQ). Methods: The R-DAQ was used as a baseline for the study.
Cherrez-Ojeda, I. +9 more
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Background In an epidemiological study, it is essential to test the validity of the food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for its ability to estimate dietary intake.
Iso Hiroyasu +4 more
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Validation of the Thai version of the family reported outcome measure (FROM-16)© to assess the impact of disease on the partner or family members of patients with cancer [PDF]
© The Author(s). 2019Background: Cancer not only impairs a patient's physical and psychosocial functional behaviour, but also contributes to negative impact on family members' health related quality of life.
Areewan Cheawchanwattana +30 more
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Internal, external, and ecological validity in research design, conduct, and evaluation
Reliability and validity describe desirable psychometric characteristics of research instruments. The concept of validity is also applied to research studies and their findings.
Chittaranjan Andrade
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The Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale: Translation and Evidence for Cross-Cultural Validity [PDF]
The present study reports on the psychometric evaluation and cross-cultural validity of the Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale (BPNES; Vlachopoulos & Michailidou, 2006) translated from Greek into English.
Ntoumanis, Nikos +2 more
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