The Structure of Disfluency Behaviors in the Speech of Adult Stutterers

Throughout the stuttering literature numerous references to a twofold classification of disfluency types are found. However, no rigorous empirical test of that dichotomous classification has been reported in the literature. This investigation was designed to conduct such a test in order to provide an empirical foundation for that distinction. The hypotheses stated that the relationships among disfluency behaviors were consistent with an underlying two-dimensional structure and specified the group of variables (disfluency behaviors) having primary association with each dimension. Instrumentation and procedures permitting reliable dentification and coding of nine disfluency behaviors were developed. This observational system was applied to baseline monologues obtained from 180 adult stutterers Results of factor analyses supported the hypotheses on the two-factor structure and on the disposition of the disfluency variables.

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Job perfectionism scale: factor structure and interpretation

PERSONAL AND REGULATORY RESOURCES ACHIEVEMENTS EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GOALS IN THE AGE OF DIGITALIZATION ◽

10.38006/907345-50-8.2020.517.525 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

A. A. Zolotareva ◽

Keyword(s):

Factor Structure ◽

Significant Negative Correlation ◽

Dimensional Structure ◽

Factor Analyses ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽

Job Experience ◽

Test Norms ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

The Mean ◽

Nomological Validity

The aim of this study was to examine the factor structure of the job perfectionism scale assessing positive and negative tendencies of striving for professional excellence. The participants were 157 adult employees (47.8 % females). The mean age of the sample was 43.32 (SD=12.89) and the mean years of job experience was 22.29 (SD=12.26). The Cronbach’s alpha values were 0.82 and 0.83 for the positive job perfectionism scale and the negative job perfectionism scale, respectively. The results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported a two-dimensional structure of the questionnaire with significant negative correlation between the positive job perfectionism scale and the negative job perfectionism scale, suggesting construct and nomological validity. To standardize the questionnaire, test norms for the job perfectionism scale were developed. Thus, the job perfectionism scale is a reliable and valid measure assessing positive and negative tendencies of striving for professional excellence among Russian employees.

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Factor Structure of the Italian Version of the Religious Fundamentalism Scale

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/07.17.pr0.112.1.6-13 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 112 (1) ◽

pp. 6-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Leonardo Carlucci ◽

Marco Tommasi ◽

Aristide Saggino

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Religious Fundamentalism ◽

Dimensional Structure ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

Italian Version ◽

Reliable Measure ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Catholic Religion ◽

Correlated Factors

The Religious Fundamentalism Scale was applied to an Italian group, composed of 250 participants, to assess if it could be considered a reliable measure of fundamentalism. All participants professed to be believers of the Catholic religion. The overall group was split randomly into two smaller groups. The data of the first group were analyzed with an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to test the factor structure of the Italian version of the scale. The data of the second sample were analyzed with a confirmatory factor analysis, to test the factor structure that emerged from EFA. Results indicated a two-dimensional structure, composed of two correlated factors apparently representing believing and skeptical attitudes.

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Condition monitoring with defect localisation in a two-dimensional structure based on linear discriminant and nearest neighbour classification of strain features

Nondestructive Testing And Evaluation ◽

10.1080/10589759.2019.1635594 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 48-72

Author(s):

R. Janeliukstis ◽

S. Rucevskis ◽

A. Chate

Keyword(s):

Condition Monitoring ◽

Dimensional Structure ◽

Nearest Neighbour ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

Linear Discriminant

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Three-Dimensional Structure of Cloned T3 Connector Protein at 1.6nm Resolution

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100180161 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

pp. 282-283

Author(s):

José L. Carrascosa ◽

José M. Valpuesta ◽

Hisao Fujisawa

Keyword(s):

Dna Sequences ◽

Expression Vector ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Deae Cellulose ◽

Dna Packaging ◽

Dimensional Structure ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

Freezing And Thawing ◽

Three Dimensional Structure ◽

Dimensional Reconstruction

The head to tail connector of bacteriophages plays a fundamental role in the assembly of viral heads and DNA packaging. In spite of the absence of sequence homology, the structure of connectors from different viruses (T4, Ø29, T3, P22, etc) share common morphological features, that are most clearly revealed in their three-dimensional structure. We have studied the three-dimensional reconstruction of the connector protein from phage T3 (gp 8) from tilted view of two dimensional crystals obtained from this protein after cloning and purification.DNA sequences including gene 8 from phage T3 were cloned, into Bam Hl-Eco Rl sites down stream of lambda promotor PL, in the expression vector pNT45 under the control of cI857. E R204 (pNT89) cells were incubated at 42°C for 2h, harvested and resuspended in 20 mM Tris HC1 (pH 7.4), 7mM 2 mercaptoethanol, ImM EDTA. The cells were lysed by freezing and thawing in the presence of lysozyme (lmg/ml) and ligthly sonicated. The low speed supernatant was precipitated by ammonium sulfate (60% saturated) and dissolved in the original buffer to be subjected to gel nitration through Sepharose 6B, followed by phosphocellulose colum (Pll) and DEAE cellulose colum (DE52). Purified gp8 appeared at 0.3M NaCl and formed crystals when its concentration increased above 1.5 mg/ml.

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European Differences in Self-Perceived Multiple Intelligences

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027//1016-9040.4.3.131 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 131-138 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Adrian Furnham ◽

Tim Rakow ◽

Ivan Sarmany-Schuller ◽

Filip De Fruyt

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Multiple Intelligences ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Factor Analyses ◽

Verbal Iq ◽

Sex Effects ◽

Iq Scores ◽

Culture Differences ◽

Three Factor

In this study, 140 Belgian, 227 British, and 177 Slovakian students estimated their own multiple IQ scores as well as that of their parents (mother and father) and siblings (first and second brother and sister). Various factor analyses yielded a clear three-factor structure replicating previous studies. A sex × culture ANOVA on self-ratings of three factors that underline the seven intelligences (verbal, numerical, cultural) showed culture and sex effects as well as interactions. As predicted, males rated their own overall IQ, though not that of their parents or siblings, higher than females did. Males also rated their numerical IQ, but not their verbal or cultural IQ, higher than females did. There were few culture differences but many interactions, nearly all caused by Slovakian females, who rated aspects of their own and their fathers' IQ higher than Slovakian males, while the pattern for the Belgians was precisely the opposite. Participants believed their verbal IQ was higher than their numerical IQ and their cultural IQ. Males believed their verbal and numerical IQ score to be fairly similar, though much higher than their cultural IQ, while females believed their verbal IQ the highest, followed by numerical and cultural IQ. Females also believed they were more intelligent than both parents. Overall results showed consistency in the sex differences in ratings across cultures but differences in level of estimated IQ possibly as a result of cultural demands for modesty.

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Formal classification of research information: An empirical test of the McGrath-Altman approach and an illustrative case.

American Psychologist ◽

10.1037/0003-066x.33.3.249 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 249-264 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Robert W. Rice

Keyword(s):

Empirical Test ◽

Illustrative Case ◽

Research Information ◽

Formal Classification

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Factor structure of the Differential Ability Scales–Second Edition: Exploratory and hierarchical factor analyses with the core subtests.

Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1037/pas0000279 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (11) ◽

pp. 1475-1488 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Gary L. Canivez ◽

Ryan J. McGill

Keyword(s):

Factor Structure ◽

Factor Analyses ◽

Differential Ability Scales ◽

The Core ◽

Differential Ability

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Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS): Translation and Validation in Urdu Language

Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research ◽

10.33824/pjpr.2020.35.1.10 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 163-189

Author(s):

Afifa Anjum ◽

Naumana Amjad

Keyword(s):

Factor Structure ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Character Strengths ◽

Future Studies ◽

Structure Factors ◽

Adult Participants ◽

Positive Correlations ◽

Cross Language ◽

Translation And Validation

Values in Action is a classification of 24 character strengths grouped under six virtue categories. This classification is claimed to be universal across cultures and religions (Peterson & Seligman, 2004) and its measure that is, Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) has been translated and validated in many languages. The present study aimed at its Urdu translation and validation on Pakistani adults taken from different educational institutes and workplaces. Study comprised two parts. Part I dealt with the translation and cross-language validation while in Part II, Construct validation on a sample of 542 adults and convergent validity on a sample of 210 adult participants were determined. Findings revealed satisfactory alpha coefficients for Urdu version. Significant positive correlations with positive affect and life satisfaction and negative correlations with negative affect were indicators of its convergent validity. Age was negatively associated with five strengths whereas significant gender differences were found on seven strengths. Social desirability effects were nonsignificant. Strength-to-virtue level factor structure exploration resulted in a theoretically meaningful four factor structure. Factors were named as Interpersonal, Cognitive, Vitality, and Transcendence and were comparable to factor structures proposed in studies on VIA-IS from a few other cultures. The study offers a valid Urdu translation for use in future studies with adult Urdu speaking population.

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