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The Meaningfulness of Effect Sizes in Psychological Research: Differences Between Sub-Disciplines and the Impact of Potential Biases

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
Effect sizes are the currency of psychological research. They quantify the results of a study to answer the research question and are used to calculate statistical power.
Thomas Schäfer, Marcus A. Schwarz
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Meaningful Information [PDF]

open access: yesIEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2002
LaTeX, 12 pages, published in Proc. 13th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC)}, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol ???, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2002. For background see Gacs-Tromp-Vitanyi math.PR/0006233, and especially Vereschagin-Vitanyi cs.CC/0204037.
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“Meaningful use” provides a meaningful opportunity [PDF]

open access: yesCancer, 2013
A model is described for meeting the mandate that includes implementation of a comprehensive smoking (tobacco) cessation program for cancer patients as an alternative to the minimal intervention approach. The importance of an institution‐wide, automated system to identify and refer tobacco users to treatment is discussed within the context of ...
Vance, Rabius   +3 more
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The ‘Eudaimonic Experience’: A Scoping Review of the Concept in Digital Games Research

open access: yesMedia and Communication, 2021
Digital games have evolved into a medium that moves beyond basic toys for distraction and pleasure towards platforms capable of and effective at instigating more serious, emotional, and intrapersonal experiences. Along with this evolution, games research
Rowan Daneels   +3 more
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Analogical Truth-Conditions for Metaphors [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
It has often been said that metaphors are based on analogies, but the nature of this relation has never been made precise. This article rigorously and formally specifies two semantic relations that do obtain between some metaphors and analogies.
Gentner D., Tirrell L.
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Ineffability: The very concept [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
In this paper, I analyze the concept of ineffability: what does it mean to say that something cannot be said? I begin by distinguishing ineffability from paradox: if something cannot be said truly or without contradiction, this is not an instance of ...
Gäb, Sebastian
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Fostering Work Meaningfulness for Sustainable Human Resources: A Study of Generation Z

open access: yesSustainability, 2022
This study is drawn from the psychology of sustainability exploring meaningful job characteristics for Generation Z and their influence on employee retention.
Patchara Popaitoon
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sense of coherence and employees’ perceptions of helping and restraining factors in an organisation

open access: yesSA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2009
The objectives of this study were to assess the construct validity and reliability of the 13-item version of the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OLQ)  and to investigate whether employees with a strong sense of coherence perceived helping and ...
Yolande Muller, Sebastiaan Rothmann
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The Role of ‘Peace of Mind’ and ‘Meaningfulness’ as Psychological Concepts in Explaining Subjective Well-being

open access: yesJournal of Happiness Studies, 2022
Although extensive research has been conducted to explain what contributes to subjective wellbeing, still a substantial part of its variance remains unexplained.
Vandepitte Sophie   +3 more
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Parent perceptions of time spent meaningfully by young adults with pervasive support needs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article describes a qualitative study that examined how 23 young adults with pervasive support needs and limited functional communication spent their time and how their parents (n=23) and direct support professionals (DSPs; n=2) defined ...
Huang, Shuoxi   +4 more
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