The Best Interests of the Child from Different Cultural Perspectives: Factors Influencing Judgements of the Quality of Child-Rearing Environment and Construct Validity of the Best Interests of the Child-Questionnaire (BIC-Q) in Kosovo and Albania

Attachment is the inborn bias of human children to seek the availability of familiar caregivers in times of stress. It has been observed from ancient times and in many cultures, and scaffolds further physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development. The security of these relationships is shaped by the continuity and quality of the child-rearing environment, and is independent of biological ties to the caregiver. In this chapter, the child’s right to a “good-enough”—that is, at least minimally adequate but not necessarily ‘best’--family life and the importance of a stable network of attachment relationships is highlighted. Legal issues raised by multi-parent care, including questions around the use of attachment-based assessments for custody decisions, are addressed. Attachment theory is well equipped to inform what caregiving arrangements children need, and legislators, judges, and lawyers may consult it as a source of insight into “good-enough” care arrangements in the interest of the child.

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Best Interests of the Child-Questionnaire

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t75634-000 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

A. Elianne Zijlstra ◽

Margrite E. Kalverboer ◽

Wendy J. Post ◽

Erik J. Knorth ◽

Mijntje D. C. Ten Brummelaar

Keyword(s):

Best Interests ◽

Child Questionnaire

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Customer’s satisfaction on service quality at Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank – An Giang Branch

Science & Technology Development Journal - Economics - Law and Management ◽

10.32508/stdjelm.v4i3.564 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. First

Author(s):

Tran Minh Hieu ◽

Nguyen Duong Ngoc Mai Chi

Keyword(s):

Customer Satisfaction ◽

Service Quality ◽

Test Method ◽

Quality Of Services ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Alpha Reliability ◽

Survey Results ◽

Development Orientation

This study applied SERVQUAL scale of Parasuraman et al to measure factors affecting customer satisfaction on service quality at Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank - An Giang Branch (Techcombank An Giang). The study was conducted to survey 207 customers who have been using the service at Techcombank An Giang. The survey results were analyzed by the Cronbach's Alpha reliability test method, then used Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to verify and evaluate the scale of service quality. The results of the regression analysis show that customer's satisfaction about service quality at Techcombank An Giang includes four factors: The factor with the highest level is the Empathy with Beta = 0.253, the second of factor is the Responsibility with Beta = 0.248, ranked third in the influence level is the Tangible with Beta = 0.235, and the lowest impact level is the Reliability with Beta = 0.144. The research also uses statistical methods to describe and test the differences of demographic factors with customer's satisfactionon service quality.The analysis results show that there is no difference between customer's satisfaction on service quality and factors such as gender, age, income, number of transaction banks, regular transaction banks, and time to use the service at Techcombank An Giang. Through the research results, the author would like to propose some ideas to improve the quality of services, thereby attracting new customers and importantly, keeping traditional customers because the development orientation of Techcombank is to take care of old customers to cross sell other products of the bank. The Stud results offer a basis for the branch to identify the factors influencing customer satisfaction on their service quality, thereby having an appropriate strategy to improve customer satisfaction.

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Faktor-Faktor yang Berpengaruh dalam Mendapatkan Pekerjaan bagi Lulusan Statistika IPB dengan Menggunakan Metode CHAID

Xplore Journal of Statistics ◽

10.29244/xplore.v8i1.156 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Aulia Dwi Oktavia ◽

Aam Alamudi ◽

Budi Susetyo

Keyword(s):

College Graduates ◽

Influential Factors ◽

Classification Model ◽

Statistical Software ◽

Waiting Period ◽

Level Of Education ◽

Economic Problems ◽

Factors Influencing

Unemployment is one of the economic problems in Indonesia. Judging from the level of education that was completed there were unemployment from the level of college graduates. This encourages the level of competition in getting jobs to be more stringent, so that college graduates (bachelor of Statistics in IPB) must have the preparation of various factors to maintain the quality of their graduates. The quality of college graduates can be seen from the length of time waiting to get a job. This study aims to determine the influential factors in getting a job for graduates of the IPB Statistics degree, so that the CHAID method can be used in this study. The results of CHAID's analysis in this study in the form of tree diagrams using α = 10% explained that the factors influencing the waiting period variables were sex, internship, and the ability to master statistical software, where the accuracy value generated by the classification model was 79.3 %.

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Psychometric evaluation of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.17689 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Yannik Terhorst ◽

Paula Philippi ◽

Lasse Sander ◽

Dana Schultchen ◽

Sarah Paganini ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Construct Validity ◽

Mobile Application ◽

Concurrent Validity ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Psychometric Evaluation ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Health Domains ◽

Psychometric Quality

BACKGROUND Mobile health apps (MHA) have the potential to improve health care. The commercial MHA market is rapidly growing, but the content and quality of available MHA are unknown. Consequently, instruments of high psychometric quality for the assessment of the quality and content of MHA are highly needed. The Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) is one of the most widely used tools to evaluate the quality of MHA in various health domains. Only few validation studies investigating its psychometric quality exist with selected samples of MHAs. No study has evaluated the construct validity of the MARS and concurrent validity to other instruments. OBJECTIVE This study evaluates the construct validity, concurrent validity, reliability, and objectivity, of the MARS. METHODS MARS scoring data was pooled from 15 international app quality reviews to evaluate the psychometric properties of the MARS. The MARS measures app quality across four dimensions: engagement, functionality, aesthetics and information quality. App quality is determined for each dimension and overall. Construct validity was evaluated by assessing related competing confirmatory models that were explored by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). A combination of non-centrality (RMSEA), incremental (CFI, TLI) and residual (SRMR) fit indices was used to evaluate the goodness of fit. As a measure of concurrent validity, the correlations between the MARS and 1) another quality assessment tool called ENLIGHT, and 2) user star-rating extracted from app stores were investigated. Reliability was determined using Omega. Objectivity was assessed in terms of intra-class correlation. RESULTS In total, MARS ratings from 1,299 MHA covering 15 different health domains were pooled for the analysis. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed a bifactor model with a general quality factor and an additional factor for each subdimension (RMSEA=0.074, TLI=0.922, CFI=0.940, SRMR=0.059). Reliability was good to excellent (Omega 0.79 to 0.93). Objectivity was high (ICC=0.82). The overall MARS rating was positively associated with ENLIGHT (r=0.91, P<0.01) and user-ratings (r=0.14, P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS he psychometric evaluation of the MARS demonstrated its suitability for the quality assessment of MHAs. As such, the MARS could be used to make the quality of MHA transparent to health care stakeholders and patients. Future studies could extend the present findings by investigating the re-test reliability and predictive validity of the MARS.

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PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES OF INTERNAL AUDITORS IN RIAU

Jurnal Benefita ◽

10.22216/jbe.v3i2.2891 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 161

Author(s):

Satria Tri Nanda

Keyword(s):

Regression Analysis ◽

Audit Quality ◽

Hypotheses Testing ◽

Internal Auditors ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Professional Attributes ◽

Professional Care ◽

Positive Effect

This research aims to identify the factors influencing the audit quality of auditors at Inspektorat Provinsi Riau. The population in this research were auditor, examiner, assistant examiner, and P2UPD (Pengawas Penyelenggara Urusan Pemerintah di Daerah) in charge at the Inspectorate in Riau Province and all Inspectorates in Districts and Cities in Riau Province. A total of 290 set of questionnaire were sent and a number of 184 of questionnaires were processed. Using regression analysis conducted by SPSS, the hypotheses testing analysis results show that experience, responsiveness, professional care, executive involvementt, planning and auditability have significant and positive effect on audit quality. These results indicate that the higher the levels of experience, responsiveness, professional care, executive involvement and auditability of Inspectorate officials, the better the quality of audit performed by the Inspectorate Officials of Riau Province.

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Factors influencing health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)

The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports ◽

10.11124/01938924-201008341-00019 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 8 (Supplement) ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Florence Wong ◽

Sek Ying Chair

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

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Analysis of Medication Adherence and Its Influencing Factors in Patients with Schizophrenia in the Chinese Institutional Environment

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18094746 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (9) ◽

pp. 4746

Author(s):

Wei Yu ◽

Jie Tong ◽

Xirong Sun ◽

Fazhan Chen ◽

Jie Zhang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Medication Adherence ◽

Activities Of Daily Living ◽

Influencing Factors ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Daily Living ◽

Institutional Environment ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Quality Of Life Scale

Background: Factors related to medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia have always been key to the treatment and rehabilitation of these patients. However, the treatment modes in different countries are not the same, and there is no research on the factors influencing medication adherence under different mental health service modes. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore medication adherence and its influencing factors in patients with schizophrenia in the Chinese institutional environment. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of hospitalized persons living with schizophrenia from November 2018 to January 2019. A systematic sampling method was used to select 217 hospitalized persons living with schizophrenia. The Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS), Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale (SQLS), and Scale of Social Skills for Psychiatric Inpatients (SSPI) were used to explore medication compliance and its influencing factors in the Chinese institutional environment. Results: The descriptive analysis and ANOVA showed that there were no significant differences in medication adherence when assessed by demographic characteristics such as sex, marital status, and education level (p > 0.05). A correlation analysis showed that there was no significant correlation between medication adherence and mental symptoms (p > 0.05) but that there was a positive correlation with self-efficacy, quality of life, and activities of daily living (p < 0.01). The linear regression analysis showed that self-efficacy, psychosocial factors, symptoms/side effects, and activities of daily living had significant effects on medication adherence (F = 30.210, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Our findings show that the self-efficacy, quality of life, and social function of patients with schizophrenia are important self-factors influencing medication adherence in the Chinese institutional environment.

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