Cross-Validation of the Self-Motivation Inventory

1987 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine M. Heiby ◽  
Robin A. Sato
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1998 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine van Selm ◽  
Freya Dittmann-Kohli

A new construct of meaninglessness in the second half of life was presented. We found that four theoretically based components of the construct of meaninglessness were expressed in the self- and life-descriptions of 95 percent of 153 Dutch independently living aged adults (age between 58 to 90 years old). The self- and life-descriptions were assessed by a content analysis of participants' answers on a sentence completion questionnaire for personal meaning (SELE). With respect to the content of the components of meaninglessness, we found that a lack of goals and an impoverishment of meaning was responsible for most motivational meaninglessness. On the affective level, meaninglessness is far more characterized by dejection-related emotions, than by agitation-related emotions. Alienation from one's self, others, or society appeared to be characteristic for most of the cognitive component of meaninglessness. The self-evaluative component was mainly characterized by low self-esteem. A tentative explanation was presented for the differences in proportion of each of the components, pointing to the cumulative character of the construct itself. Meaninglessness correlates positively with the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) ( r = .37, p < .01) and negatively with the Sense of Coherence Questionnaire (SOCQ) ( r = −.31, p < .01), which contributes to the cross-validation of the construct.


1985 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 389-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael M. Omizo ◽  
Martin J. Amerikaner ◽  
William B. Michael

This study examined (1) the predictive validity of the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory (CSI) relative to each of the criterion measures representing communication satisfaction toward each parent as measured by Bienvenu's Adolescent Communication Inventory and feelings toward each parent as measured by Low-man's Inventory of Family Feelings and (2) the differential validity of the self-esteem, communication satisfaction, and feelings toward each parent measures serving as predictor variables of the nominal criterion measure of learning disabled (LD), emotionally disturbed (ED), and normal (N) adolescents. The sample included 60 adolescents with 20 in each of the three groups (LD, ED, or N). In fulfilling the first purpose, Pearson correlation coefficients were determined which revealed that the self-esteem measure was significantly correlated with the mother communication satisfaction measure ( r = .74, p <.01) and the feelings toward mothers measure ( r = .56, p <.01). Relative to the second purpose, discriminant analysis procedures revealed significant results for one function (Canonical correlation = .74, X2 = 46.30, Wilk's Lambda = .42, df = 14, p <.001). The self-esteem, mother communication satisfaction, and feelings toward mother measures were significant discriminators (all p <.01) between the LD and N and the ED and N groups. No significant differences were apparant between the LD and ED groups. The results provided some support for the validity of the CSI. It was recommended that replication and cross-validation studies be conducted.


1976 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. Snaith ◽  
G. W. K. Bridge ◽  
Max Hamilton

SummarySelf-rating scales are finding an increasing use in psychiatric work. Not only are they widely used in research, but they provide the clinician with a score indicating the patient's psychiatric state at any one time, and these scores if repeated throughout the duration of treatment may be considered to provide a continuing measure of the severity of the illness, as does a temperature chart in a febrile illness. Most scales could be improved by item analysis, and in this study the Wakefield Self-Assessment of Depression Inventory, with added items, was subjected to statistical analysis. It was found that valid scales could be constructed for the measurement of anxiety and of depression in general psychiatric disorder, as well as scales for the measurement of the severity of endogenous (primary) depression and of anxiety states. In addition, the derivation of a ‘diagnostic’ score was confirmed in a cross-validation study and may be found of use both in research and in clinical practice.


2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (63) ◽  
pp. 25-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro F. Bendassolli ◽  
Jairo Eduardo Borges-Andrade ◽  
Sonia Maria Guedes Gondim

Abstract Creative entrepreneurship has gained ground in recent years with the advent of creative industries. The capabilitiesto set targets and individually self-regulate have been indicated as predictors of entrepreneurship. This study aims to identify validity characteristics of a self-regulation scale and to test if score differences are related to whether or not one is an entrepreneur, personalcharacteristics, or the activity sector. A total of 596 professionals from creative industries in Brazil participated in this study. The self-control and self-management scale (SCMS) has been applied; it has been translated and adapted to Portuguese. Cross-validation analysis has been done. The results support the three-factor structure of the scale. Entrepreneurs tended to indicate higher means in the self-evaluation factor than non-entrepreneurs. Activity sector, gender and schooling demonstrated a significant difference in the self-monitoring factor.


2014 ◽  
Vol 556-562 ◽  
pp. 4950-4954
Author(s):  
Xiu Lei Wei ◽  
Rui Lin Lin ◽  
Shu Yong Liu ◽  
Qiang Wang

For the purpose of improving adaptive performance of chaotic signals de-noising with wavelet transform, a method of Memetic-algorithm-based adaptive wavelet de-noising (MAWD) is presented. The MAWD based on generalized cross validation (GCV) is competent to obtain the global optimum thresholds and to raise the efficiency of adaptive searching computation. The de-noising results of simulative Lorenz time series are presented. The results show that the chaotic signals de-noised by MAWD can remove the white noise more effectively than the signals de-noised by using standard soft threshoding method (STM) and genetic-algorithm-based adaptive wavelet de-noising (GAWD), and the advantages are more apparent under the condition of lower SNR. The Lorenz time series with lower SNR de-noised by MAWD and GAWD respectively are predicted by Volterra adaptive filters, and the results show that the prediction absolute error of Lorenz time series de-noised by MAWD is nearly nine times smaller than that by GAWD. This method has a promising prospect in practical Chaotic signals de-noising.


1968 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-46
Author(s):  
B. B. Morris

Peer- and self-ratings, and Gordon SIV test scores were obtained from 41 males living in a college dormitory. 5 of 6 validity coefficients between self-ratings and the SIV scores were significantly different from zero, the r for Independence being the exception. Possible reasons for the unreliable peer-ratings and the failure to validate the Independence scale were presented. It was argued that the self-ratings provided more meaningful criteria for validating the SIV than peer-ratings.


2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 1172-1190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wagdy Loza ◽  
Anita Cumbleton ◽  
Ariana Shahinfar ◽  
Lee Hong Neo ◽  
Maggie Evans ◽  
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