Responsibility, probability, and severity of harm: An experimental investigation of cognitive factors associated with checking-related OCD

Reliability, practice effects, and factor loadings were investigated for 21 paper-and-pencil tests selected from the French, et al. Kit of Reference Tests for Cognitive Factors. Criteria of brevity and ease of administration were employed for selecting tests to be studied. The results are helpful in selecting those tests of cognitive abilities which may be most useful in studies of the effects of climatic and environmental variables on behavior. Such studies frequently require repeated measurements on a small group of Ss over several days, thus making it extremely important that practice and environmental effects not be confounded. Test-retest reliabilities of the tests were generally quite good; 16 of the tests had a Pearson r of .8 or greater. Eight of the tests showed enough stability in mean performances over six trials to suggest that they may be used repetitively under environmental extremes without serious confounding by practice. The authors caution that factor definitions may not be the same under extreme conditions and under normal environmental conditions.

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Cognitive Factors Associated to Pediculosis Preventive Behaviors Among Mothers of School-Age Children in Chaldoran County, Iran

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare ◽

10.2147/jmdh.s237101 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol Volume 13 ◽

pp. 19-26 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ali Nezhadali ◽

Towhid Babazadeh ◽

Haidar Nadrian ◽

Hamid Allahverdipour

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Factors ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

Preventive Behaviors ◽

Factors Associated

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A Preliminary Investigation of Cognitive Features Associated With Worry Among African American Youth

Journal of Black Psychology ◽

10.1177/0095798419870076 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 45 (6-7) ◽

pp. 518-539

Author(s):

Elena M. C. Geronimi ◽

Allyn Richards ◽

Colette Gramszlo ◽

Janet Woodruff-Borden

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Preliminary Investigation ◽

African American Youth ◽

Self Report ◽

Cognitive Factors ◽

Future Research ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Negative Beliefs ◽

American Children ◽

Negative Problem Orientation

Although knowledge of the cognitive factors that place children at risk for worry has grown, little is known about these processes within African American youth. The present study investigated cognitive factors associated with worry in a sample of 47 African American children, ages 8 to 13. Participants completed self-report measures of worry, intolerance of uncertainty, positive and negative beliefs about worry, and negative problem orientation. Results supported the hypothesis that cognitive factors demonstrated significant positive associations with worry. Based on a model predicting worry from all cognitive factors, negative beliefs about worry emerged as the only individual predictor. This is the first study to examine cognitive factors associated with worry in an African American sample of children and provides initial support for the applicability of these cognitive factors in future examinations of worry within this population. Future research should continue to explore cognitive as well as other factors that predispose African America children to worry.

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Gambaran Kepribadian Mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas HKBP Nommensen Angkatan 2016 Berdasarkan Keberhasilan Akademik

Nommensen Journal of Medicine ◽

10.36655/njm.v5i1.79 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 6-10

Author(s):

Ervina Julien Sitanggang

Keyword(s):

Academic Success ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Cognitive Factors ◽

Test Report ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Clinical Phase ◽

Descriptive Research ◽

Academic Year ◽

Health Test ◽

Selection Of

Academic success of medical students is influenced by cognitive and non-cognitive factors. Included in non-cognitive factors associated with academic success in the pre-clinical phase is the basic personality. The aim of this study was to describe the personality of Faculty of Medicine Universitas HKBP Nommensen students batch 2016 based on academic success. This research is a descriptive research. The subjects of this study were 50 students of the Faculty of Medicine Universitas HKBP Nommensen class of 2016 who were selected by the total sampling method. Personality data was obtained from the Indonesian Mental Health Test report which was undertaken by students while participating in the selection of the Faculty of Medicine Universitas HKBP Nommensen in the 2016/2017 academic year. Based on academic success in the first and second years, both students who were successful and those who did not succeed academically, the majority were in the big category for conscientiousness, while moderate for openness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism domain. When compared based on academic success, in the first and second years a similar picture of personality was found in the group of students who succeeded and did not succeed academically.

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