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Further Validation of the Indecisiveness Scale

Psychological Reports, 1994
Scores on the Indecisiveness Scale have been shown to be correlated with scores on measures of obsessive-compulsive tendencies and perfectionism for women. This study examined the validity of the Indecisiveness Scale with 41 men whose mean age was 21.1 yr.
W F, Gayton, R H, Clavin, S L, Clavin, J, Broida   +3 more
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Use of Lisrel in Scale Validation

Psychological Reports, 1990
A confirmatory factor analysis of items representing two dimensions of the locus of control construct was conducted with LISREL. In general, the analysis substantiated the hypothesized model by providing statistical tests of the loadings and the fit of the model to the data. Given the presence of several correlated error terms, a three-factor model was
S S, Houts, C, Kassab
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Scale Validity

Social Science Computer Review, 1997
This article presents a computer content analysis approach to the problem of assessing the validity of Likert scales used in survey research. The wording of questions that make up a scale communicates meaning to the respondent in order to acquire relevant responses that, when combined, serve to measure some concept.
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Concurrent Validity of McCarthy's Scales

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Data on the concurrent validity of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities, using the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised as the criteria, were compared with those of other studies.
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The Development and Validation of the Compassion Scale

Assessment, 2019
This article presents a measure of compassion for others called the Compassion Scale (CS), which is based on Neff’s theoretical model of self-compassion. Compassion was operationalized as experiencing kindness, a sense of common humanity, mindfulness, and lessened indifference toward the suffering of others. Study 1 ( n = 465) describes the development
Elizabeth Pommier, Kristin D. Neff, István Tóth-Király   +2 more
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A Validated Hand Grading Scale

Dermatologic Surgery, 2008
Following the popularity of facial cosmetic procedures to reverse the signs of aging, cosmetic procedures that rejuvenate the hand are being sought. Irregular surface pigmentation, prominence of superficial veins and tendons, thinning of the dermis, and loss of subcutaneous fat typically characterize aging of the hand.To develop the Hand Grading Scale ...
Alastair, Carruthers, Jean, Carruthers, Bhushan, Hardas, Mandeep, Kaur, Roman, Goertelmeyer, Derek, Jones, Berthold, Rzany, Joel, Cohen, Martina, Kerscher, Timothy Corcoran, Flynn, Corey, Maas, Gerhard, Sattler, Alexander, Gebauer, Rainer, Pooth, Kathleen, McClure, Ulli, Simone-Korbel, Larry, Buchner   +16 more
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Validation of a Decision Regret Scale

Medical Decision Making, 2003
Background. As patients become more involved in health care decisions, there may be greater opportunity for decision regret. The authors could not find a validated, reliable tool for measuring regret after health care decisions. Methods. A5- item scale was administered to 4 patient groups making different health care decisions.
Jamie C, Brehaut, Annette M, O'Connor, Timothy J, Wood, Thomas F, Hack, Laura, Siminoff, Elisa, Gordon, Deb, Feldman-Stewart   +6 more
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Validation of the Urgency Perception Scale

BJU International, 2005
OBJECTIVE To ascertain the validity and responsiveness of the Urgency Perception Scale (UPS) as an indicator of perceived urinary urgency. PATIENTS AND METHODS The UPS was developed to assess perceived urinary urgency in clinical ...
Linda, Cardozo, Karin S, Coyne, Eboo, Versi   +2 more
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Validation of a Quantitative Hematuria Scale

Urology
To develop a quantitative hematuria scale that assigns specific blood concentration percentages to commonly used descriptors such as "clear," "mild," "moderate," and "severe" in order to standardize hematuria severity assessments during continuous bladder irrigation and reduce reliance on subjective visual evaluations.Samples of bovine blood with ...
Sahana Prasanna, Anushka Agrawal, Archit Chabbi, Kevin Li, Richard Chan, Robert Heeter, Sagar Patel, Raymond Yong, Chester Koh   +8 more
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Validity of the Sklar Aphasia Scale

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1977
A German version of the Sklar Aphasia Scale (SAS) was administered to groups of fluent aphasics, nonfluent aphasics, and three control groups (brain-damaged patients without aphasia, schizophrenics, and normal subjects). The SAS discriminated fluent and nonfluent aphasics from schizophrenic, brain-damaged, and normal control subjects with a high level ...
R, Cohen, D, Engel, S, Kelter, G, List, H, Strohner   +4 more
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