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Abstract This paper presents new evidence on the link between staff perceptions of school leadership and job satisfaction, drawing on three waves of The Engagement Platform data collected from over 4000 members of school staff in England. We find that when staff have a positive rather than an ambivalent view of school leadership, their job satisfaction
John Jerrim
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Psychometrics in Psychiatry: Basic Concepts [PDF]
Understanding human mental process as a natural event is the mainstay for positive science. Measurement or scaling these processes is the basic component of positive science.
Hüseyin Gülec
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A PSYCHOMETRIC SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF A GROUP OF SPECIALITY SALESMEN [PDF]
Noel James Wallace, R. M. W. Travers
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A geometrical perspective on parametric psychometric models [PDF]
Psychometrics and quantitative psychology rely strongly on statistical models to measure psychological processes. As a branch of mathematics, geometry is inherently connected to measurement and focuses on properties such as distance and volume. However, despite the common root of measurement, geometry is currently not used a lot in psychological ...
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Valid concerns: Considerations for reviewing manuscripts with validity arguments
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Georgina C. Stephens, Mahbub Sarkar
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Teacher self‐efficacy: Validating a new measurement scale to capture the elusive construct
Abstract Teachers’ beliefs in their ability to positively impact students’ learning outcomes has become a strong indicator of teachers’ motivation and behaviour towards the instructional strategies they employ. However, measuring the broader concept of teacher self‐efficacy is still somewhat problematic as current scales are dated, have measurement ...
Stuart Woodcock+2 more
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Abstract Individuals with an eating disorder (ED) often report to be disgusted by their body. Body‐related self‐disgust could play an important role in the development and maintenance of EDs. We investigated if women with relatively high ED symptom scores indeed respond with disgust upon exposure to their body as indexed by facial electromyography ...
Irina Masselman+2 more
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Special school staff perspectives on how careers guidance is provided to their autistic young people
Abstract Careers guidance has long been positioned as a tool to improve young people's transition from education to employment. In addition, schools and colleges in England have a statutory requirement to provide careers guidance to their students. Yet limited research has investigated how careers guidance is provided in special schools for autistic ...
Sam Dexter+7 more
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Abstract Objective The aim of this study was examining the efficacy of the Maudsley Model of Anorexia Nervosa Treatment for Adolescents and Young Adults (MANTRa) compared to individual psychotherapy that can be considered as standard in Austria (TAU‐O).
Tanja Wittek+17 more
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Analysis of the Psychometric Properties of the Perceived Social Support Scales in Older Adults
Objectives: An important part of health status assessment of older adults is measurement of their perceived social support. Choosing a sound scale with good psychometrics properties is a prerequisite for proper assessment.
Shima Nazari+6 more
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