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Exploring the Latent Trait and the Measurement Properties of Korean World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF Measure Applied to Cancer Survivors

open access: yesPhysical Therapy Korea, 2023
Background: In general, measurement qualities of cross-culturally adapted quality of life (QOL) measures are altered in many aspects, although versions of them are well-validated measures.
Bongsam Choi
doaj   +1 more source

Sodium Oxybate Alters Sleep Architecture and Reduces Emotional Selectivity in Memory‐Related Responses

open access: yesJournal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sleep supports memory consolidation. Non‐rapid eye movement (NREM) and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep have been proposed to support, respectively, declarative memory consolidation and the integration of the memory affective dimension. Here, we used sodium oxybate (SXB) to modify the NREM/REM proportion during one sleep night and assessed ...
Laure Colin   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural classification of employability skills hierarchy using rasch analysis model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This study considers the procedures for conducting item classification employing Raech Analysis Model. The knowledge of the hierarchy enables lecturers to organize their learning objective and also permits the students to measure their employability. The
Mohd. Amin, N. F.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

INTEGRATING MUSIC ITEMS IN GIFTED SCREENING TEST: VALIDATION STRATEGIES IN MALAYSIA

open access: yesStudia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Musica
This study investigates the integration of music-related components into a gifted screening test to enhance the identification of artistic and music giftedness.
Md Jais ISMAIL   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Mental Concepts Shape Sleep: Introducing the Mental Concept Reactivation Hypothesis of Sleep

open access: yesJournal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sleep problems affect a substantial proportion of individuals, and negative thoughts, rumination, and worry are considered key factors underlying persistence and severity. While extensive research has examined how these states disrupt sleep before falling asleep, much less is known about how mental concepts, including thoughts, expectations ...
Anna Zoé Wick, Björn Rasch
wiley   +1 more source

A new method for detecting differential item functioning in the Rasch model [PDF]

open access: yes
Differential item functioning (DIF) can lead to an unfair advantage or disadvantage for certain subgroups in educational and psychological testing. Therefore, a variety of statistical methods has been suggested for detecting DIF in the Rasch model.
Carolin Strobl   +2 more
core  

Second Language Interactional Competence in Roleplay: Comparing Generative Artificial Intelligence and Human Interlocutors

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the potential of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as an alternative to human interlocutors for assessing interactional competence (IC) in a second language (L2). Thirty L2 English speakers completed a 6‐item roleplay task designed to elicit refusals of requests, invitations, and offers, interacting with both a ...
Yunwen Su, Xi Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Multiword sequences do not predict speaking proficiency in dialogue: A pair‐level analysis

open access: yesThe Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study revisited the commonly held view that the use of multiword sequences (MWSs) is a reliable predictor of L2 speaking proficiency in monologue, by extending the investigation from monologic to dialogic speaking contexts. We accessed dialogic performance data from 127 test‐takers of the Test of English for Educational Purposes assessed ...
Takumi Uchihara   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling Missingness with a Rasch-Type model

open access: yes, 2013
International audienceIn this paper we focus on a model-based approach to the treatment of missing data due to examinées' nonresponse, in the context of Item Response Theory (IRT).
Bertoli-Barsotti, Lucio, Punzo, Antonio
core   +1 more source

Comparing the GP‐CORE and WEMWBS Scores as Predictors of Future Mental Health Service Utilisation and Help‐Seeking Behaviour Among UK Students in Higher Education

open access: yesCounselling and Psychotherapy Research, Volume 26, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Background The General Population Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (GP‐CORE) and the Warwick‐Edinburgh Mental Well‐being Scale (WEMWBS) are two instruments often used to measure psychological distress or well‐being in student samples.
Kehinde Akin‐Akinyosoye   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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