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Validity of Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability in the Japanese Forensic Probation Service

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
This study aimed to evaluate the predictive validity and reliability of the Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START) in the context of the Japanese forensic probation service.
Akiko Kikuchi, Takahiro Soshi, Toshiaki Kono, Mayuko Koyama, Chiyo Fujii   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Admission Test as Predictor of Performance of Students in the English Subject

JPAIR Institutional Research Journal, 2015
Admission testing is an integral part of higher education institutions (HEIs) in maintaining the quality educational standards. Through testing, the HEI's can objectively select applicants that are likely to succeed in their intended course.
Magdalena M. Ocbian, Michael P. Gamba, Jhonner D. Ricafort   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients With Endocrine Tumor Syndromes: A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The combination of disease manifestations, the familial burden, and varying penetrance of endocrine tumor syndromes (ETSs) is unique. This review aimed to portray and summarize available data on psychosocial outcomes in patients with ETSs and explore gaps and opportunities for future research and care.
Daniël Zwerus, Floortje Strobbe, Annemarie A. Verrijn Stuart, Hanneke M. van Santen, Gerlof D. Valk, Sasja A. Schepers, Rachel S. van Leeuwaarde   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Risk Among Correctional Community Probation Populations: Predicting Reoffense With Mobile Neurocognitive Assessment Software

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
We seek to address current limitations of forensic risk assessments by introducing the first mobile, self-scoring, risk assessment software that relies on neurocognitive testing to predict reoffense.
Gabe Haarsma, Sasha Davenport, Devonte C. White, Devonte C. White, Pablo A. Ormachea, Erin Sheena, David M. Eagleman, David M. Eagleman   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

How to quantify exposure to traumatic stress? Reliability and predictive validity of measures for cumulative trauma exposure in a post-conflict population [PDF]

European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2015
Background: While studies with survivors of single traumatic experiences highlight individual response variation following trauma, research from conflict regions shows that almost everyone develops posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) if trauma exposure ...
Sarah Wilker, Anett Pfeiffer, Stephan Kolassa, Daniela Koslowski, Thomas Elbert, Iris-Tatjana Kolassa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Examination of the Predictive Validity of a Measure of College Admissions Applicants’ Attributions of Success and Failure

Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, 2022
Upon the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of higher education institutions in the United States temporarily or permanently adopted test-optional admissions policies.
Joseph Paris, Rachel Heiser
doaj   +1 more source

Cosmology at the boundary of de Sitter using the dS/QFT correspondence [PDF]

, 2011
Using the dS/QFT correspondence in the context of inflation allows for the study of interesting, otherwise inaccessible physics. In particular, by studying inflation via its dual field theory at the boundary of the de Sitter space, it may be possible to ...
E. Witten, J. Maldacena, Leonard Susskind, Mafalda Dias   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Guidelines for choosing between multi-item and single-item scales for construct measurement: a predictive validity perspective

, 2012
Establishing predictive validity of measures is a major concern in marketing research. This paper investigates the conditions favoring the use of single items versus multi-item scales in terms of predictive validity.
A. Diamantopoulos, M. Sarstedt, Christoph Fuchs, Petra Wilczynski, Sebastian Kaiser   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Longitudinal assessment of the temporal stability and predictive validity of the Revised Paranormal Belief Scale

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
The Revised Paranormal Belief Scale (RPBS) is the prevailing measure of supernatural credence. However, there exists only limited evidence to support the temporal stability and predictive validity of the instrument over time.
Neil Dagnall, Andrew Denovan, Kenneth Graham Drinkwater   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source