Perceived vulnerability to disease: Development and validation of a 15-item self-report instrument

2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 541-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley A. Duncan ◽  
Mark Schaller ◽  
Justin H. Park
Keyword(s):  
Self Report ◽  
Disease Development ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability To Disease ◽  
Development And Validation

Evolved Mechanisms of Avoidance of Disease and the Implicit Cognition of Apparent Disability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Federici ◽  
Vanessa Profidia
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Implicit Association ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability ◽  
Behavioral Features ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability To Disease ◽  
Implicit And Explicit ◽  
Explicit Cognitions ◽  
Explicit Measures

The sight or proximity of a person with an apparent disability generates a series of implicit cognitions that seem to evoke purely negative dimensions, like disease and unpleasantness. This phenomenon would appear to occur because of the presence of an evolved mechanism of avoidance of disease that is (erroneously) activated by unusual physical or behavioral features. A total of 157 university students responded to two Implicit Association Tests and to two explicit self-report questionnaires: the Perceived Vulnerability to Disease and the Sensitivity to Disgust Revised scales. Results showed a strong implicit association between disability and the dimensions of disease and unpleasantness regardless of setting manipulation, suggesting that the implicit association is so strong that it subliminally emerges regardless of whether respondents’ disgust sensitivity is emotionally increased. No correlations were found between implicit and explicit measures, suggesting that implicit and explicit cognitions result in different cognitive mechanisms that do not always and necessarily correspond.

The development and validation of the protective factors survey: A self-report measure of protective factors against child maltreatment

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 762-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline M. Counts ◽  
Elenor S. Buffington ◽  
Karin Chang-Rios ◽  
Heather N. Rasmussen ◽  
Kristopher J. Preacher
Keyword(s):  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Report Measure

scholarly journals Development and validation of a motivational persistence scale

Psihologija ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ticu Constantin ◽  
Andrei Holman ◽  
Maria Hojbotă
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Divergent Validity ◽  
Canonical Correlations ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Specific Goal ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Development And Validation

The main goal of our research was to develop a new measure of persistence and to assess its construct validity and psychometric proprieties. First, we discuss the history of the psychological construct of persistence, defined here as the tendency to remain engaged in specific goal-related activities, despite difficulties, obstacles, fatigue, prolonged frustration or low perceived feasibility. The developed scale, measuring motivational persistence, contains three-factors: long-term purposes pursuing, current purposes pursuing and recurrence of unattained purposes. The results of the two validation studies conducted, employing both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, advocate the hypothesized structure. Also, the Pearson and canonical correlations between the three factors of the new self-report scale and other three related measures (and their factors) indicate good levels of convergent and divergent validity of the new scale.

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