Misophonia is a disorder generally characterised by a decreased tolerance to everyday sounds. Although research is increasing in misophonia, a cross-cultural validation of a psychometric tool for measuring misophonia has not been evaluated.
Silia Vitoratou +6 more
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Assessment and treatment of distorted schemas in sexual offenders [PDF]
The aim of this review is to examine the literature related to the assessment and treatment of sex offenders’ distorted schemas. Where appropriate, the review draws upon current insights from the field of social cognition to aid in the critical ...
Anthony R. Beech +32 more
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A Systematic Review Evaluating Psychometric Properties of Parent or Caregiver Report Instruments on Child Maltreatment: Part 1: Content Validity [PDF]
Aims: Child maltreatment (CM) is a serious public health issue, affecting over half of all children globally. Although most CM is perpetrated by parents or caregivers and their reports of CM is more accurate than professionals or children, parent or ...
Aunio, Pirjo +4 more
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“It can be Life-Changing”; an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Coach and Coachee’s Experience of Psychometrics in Coaching [PDF]
This research explores the coach and coachee’s experience of psychometrics in coaching with specific reference to the conversation and the relationship.
Tina Buckle
doaj
Towards Psychometrics-based Friend Recommendations in Social Networking Services
Two of the defining elements of Social Networking Services are the social profile, containing information about the user, and the social graph, containing information about the connections between users.
Beierle, Felix +3 more
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Item Response Modeling of Multivariate Count Data With Zero Inflation, Maximum Inflation, and Heaping [PDF]
Questionnaires that include items eliciting count responses are becoming increasingly common in psychology. This study proposes methodological techniques to overcome some of the challenges associated with analyzing multivariate item response data that ...
Brooke E. Magnus +5 more
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Value of MRI Outcomes for Preventive and Early‐Stage Trials in Spinocerebellar Ataxias 1 and 3
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the value of MRI outcomes as endpoints for preventive and early‐stage trials of two polyglutamine spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs). Methods A cohort of 100 participants (23 SCA1, 63 SCA3, median Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) score = 5, 42% preataxic, and 14 gene‐negative controls) was scanned at 3T up ...
Thiago J. R. Rezende +26 more
wiley +1 more source
The Promise of Intranasal Oxytocin in Treating Borderline Personality Disorder: A Narrative Review
Background/Objectives: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex psychiatric condition marked by emotional dysregulation, interpersonal instability, and impulsivity. Despite the advances in psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy, many patients show a
Eleni Giannoulis +4 more
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Psychological and other aspects of the sign arbitrariness [PDF]
I confront arbitrariness of the sign to a criterion assessing the quality of language, logical system, psychometrics and ...
Brada, Miroslav
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Simulating Ability: Representing Skills in Games
Throughout the history of games, representing the abilities of the various agents acting on behalf of the players has been a central concern. With increasingly sophisticated games emerging, these simulations have become more realistic, but the underlying
B.D. Wright +9 more
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