Survey sabotage: Insights into reducing the risk of fraudulent responses in online surveys
Abstract Validity is a key element of many forms of research—particularly surveys, which are often used in health professions education research. A survey must accurately measure what it is intended to measure to be considered valid. This is becoming increasingly difficult in the age of artificial intelligence (AI), where “bots” (short for robots) are ...
James Bonnamy+3 more
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Psychometric Properties of the Drive for Muscularity Attitudes Questionnaire Among Irish Men [PDF]
The Drive for Muscularity Attitudes Questionnaire (DMAQ) was developed to measure men’s desire to attain an idealized muscular body. To date, the cross-cultural suitability of this measure has received limited attention.
Morrison, TG, Ryan, TA
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Abstract Worldviews influence research—from design to interpretation and reporting. Historically, psychometrics has been predominantly situated within a positivist paradigm, while social research has often aligned with interpretivist or critical paradigms. However, emerging perspectives in the philosophy‐of‐science are challenging this rigid alignment,
Michelle D. Lazarus+4 more
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ABSTRACT Autistic people are at an elevated risk of experiencing co‐occurring anxiety and depression. The contributors to this are likely multifaceted and complex and remain poorly understood. Cognitive flexibility, social camouflaging, and perceived stress provide useful indices of the interacting neurocognitive, behavioral, and environmental factors ...
Matthew J. Hollocks+3 more
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This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties and factorial invariance of the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18). Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were performed to verify the BSI-18’s factor structure in a large sample of Chinese insurance
Mingshu Li+12 more
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Counsellors in the gaze : a Foucauldian analysis of counsellors stories around being a counsellor : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University [PDF]
Over recent years there has been in increase in the number of rules and regulations pertaining to counselling in New Zealand. This project looks at the power relations constituted in those changes for a small group of counsellors.
Townshend, Kathrine
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ABSTRACT Clinical language assessments often influence the types of services that autistic children are eligible to receive. However, these assessments often take place outside of the child's natural language environment. In this study, we assess the potential of using naturalistic language processing technology, the Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA)
Nicole Nadwodny+14 more
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Validation of the instrument “Complexity of Nursing Care”—A mixed‐methods study
Aims This study aimed to psychometrically test the instrument “Complexity of Nursing Care” and to broaden the understanding of the instrument's psychometrics and applicability. Design Embedded mixed‐methods design.
Evelyn Huber+4 more
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The Jefferson Scale of Empathy: a nationwide study of measurement properties, underlying components, latent variable structure, and national norms in medical students. [PDF]
The Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) is a broadly used instrument developed to measure empathy in the context of health professions education and patient care.
Bragan, Lynn+7 more
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Genetic and Environmental Structure of DSM-IV Criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder: A Twin Study [PDF]
Results from previous studies on DSM-IV and DSM-5 Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) have suggested that the construct is etiologically multidimensional. To our knowledge, however, the structure of genetic and environmental influences in ASPD has not
Aggen, Steven H.+8 more
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