Structuring Situational Information

Abstract. There is as yet no consensually agreed-upon situational taxonomy. The current work addresses this issue and reviews extant taxonomic approaches by highlighting a “road map” of six research stations that lead to the observed diversity in taxonomies: (1) theoretical and conceptual guidelines, (2) the “type” of situational information studied, (3) the general taxonomic approach taken, (4) the generation of situation pools, (5) the assessment and rating of situational information, and (6) the statistical analyses of situation data. Current situational taxonomies are difficult to integrate because they follow different paths along these six stations. Some suggestions are given on how to spur integrated taxonomies toward a unified psychology of situations that speaks a common language.

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Impairment Tutorial: Rating Facial Disfigurement After an Injury

Guides Newsletter ◽

10.1001/amaguidesnewsletters.1998.julaug04 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 6-6

Author(s):

Marc T. Taylor

Keyword(s):

Current Work ◽

Workers Compensation ◽

Loss Of Function ◽

Facial Disfigurement ◽

Work Related ◽

Work Related Injury ◽

Compensation Claim ◽

Impairment Ratings

Abstract This article discusses two important cases that involve the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides). First, in Vargas v Industrial Com’n of Arizona, a claimant had a pre-existing non–work-related injury to his right knee as well as a work-related injury, and the issue was apportionment of the pre-existing injury. The court held that, under Arizona's statute, the impairment from the pre-existing injury should be subtracted from the current work-related impairment. In the second case, Colorado courts addressed the issue of apportionment in a workers’ compensation claim in which the pre-existing injury was asymptomatic at the time of the work-related injury (Askey v Industrial Claim Appeals Office). In this case, the court held that the worker's benefits should not be reduced to account for an asymptomatic pre-existing condition that could not be rated accurately using the AMA Guides. The AMA Guides bases impairment ratings on anatomic or physiologic loss of function, and if an examinee presents with two or more sequential injuries and calculable impairments, the AMA Guides can be used to apportion between pre-existing and subsequent impairments. Courts often use the AMA Guides to decide statutorily determined benefits and are subject to interpretation by courts and administrative bodies whose interpretations may vary from state to state.

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Metrics: Road Map To Medical Home?

Pediatric News ◽

10.1016/s0031-398x(07)70745-2 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 41 (12) ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

KERRI WACHTER

Keyword(s):

Medical Home ◽

Road Map

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Measuring the Situational Eight DIAMONDS Characteristics of Situations

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000246 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 155-164 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

John F. Rauthmann ◽

Ryne A. Sherman

Keyword(s):

Psychological Characteristics ◽

Current Work

Abstract. It has been suggested that people perceive psychological characteristics of situations on eight major dimensions ( Rauthmann et al., 2014 ): The “Situational Eight” DIAMONDS (Duty, Intellect, Adversity, Mating, pOsitivity, Negativity, Deception, Sociality). These dimensions have been captured with the 32-item RSQ-8. The current work optimizes the RSQ-8 to derive more economical yet informative and precise scales, captured in the newly developed S8*. Nomological associations of the original RSQ-8 and the S8* with situation cues (extracted from written situation descriptions) were compared. Application areas of the S8* are outlined.

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