scholarly journals Assessing the Structure of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire in Fibromyalgia Patients Using Common Factor Analytic Approaches

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Van Liew ◽  
Maya S. Santoro ◽  
Larissa Edwards ◽  
Jeremy Kang ◽  
Terry A. Cronan
Keyword(s):  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Common Factor ◽  
Ways Of Coping ◽  
Ways Of Coping Questionnaire ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Oblimin Rotation ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Variance Explained

The Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WCQ) is a widely used measure of coping processes. Despite its use in a variety of populations, there has been concern about the stability and structure of the WCQ across different populations. This study examines the factor structure of the WCQ in a large sample of individuals diagnosed with fibromyalgia. The participants were 501 adults (478 women) who were part of a larger intervention study. Participants completed the WCQ at their 6-month assessment. Foundational factoring approaches were performed on the data (i.e., maximum likelihood factoring [MLF], iterative principal factoring [IPF], principal axis factoring (PAF), and principal components factoring [PCF]) with oblique oblimin rotation. Various criteria were evaluated to determine the number of factors to be extracted, including Kaiser’s rule, Scree plot visual analysis, 5 and 10% unique variance explained, 70 and 80% communal variance explained, and Horn’s parallel analysis (PA). It was concluded that the 4-factor PAF solution was the preferable solution, based on PA extraction and the fact that this solution minimizes nonvocality and multivocality. The present study highlights the need for more research focused on defining the limits of the WCQ and the degree to which population-specific and context-specific subscale adjustments are needed.

Effect of Inapplicable Items in the Factor Structure of the Spanish Version of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire

2001 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Cristina Richaud de Minzi ◽  
Carla Sacchi
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Ways Of Coping ◽  
Ways Of Coping Questionnaire ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Principal Axes ◽  
Oblimin Rotation ◽  
Middle Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Threatening Situation

The aim of this work was to examine how the presence of inapplicable items might change the factor structure of the 1984 Ways of Coping Questionnaire by Lazarus and Folkman. The Spanish version of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire was administered to 156 subjects with university degrees. The 95 women and 61 men whose ages were from 18 and 45 years ( M = 27.8, SD = 12.1) were of middle socioeconomic status. All were residents of Buenos Aires. To study whether relevant items modify the factor structure of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire, two factor analyses were carried out, one with items rated as not relevant (Item Mean) and the other with the same items rated as not chosen. In both factor analyses, principal axes method and oblimin rotation were performed, and five factors were considered. Congruence indexes were performed. Analysis showed that not choosing an item because it does not coincide with one's behavior or ideas is not the same as not selecting that item because it does not apply to the current threatening situation. Lack of discrimination between situations when analyzing data leads to a distorted interpretation of the way in which the subject actually behaves or copes with the situation.

scholarly journals Context-Specific Challenges, Opportunities, and Ethics of Drones for Healthcare Delivery in the Eyes of Program Managers and Field Staff: A Multi-Site Qualitative Study

Drones ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Vyshnave Jeyabalan ◽  
Elysée Nouvet ◽  
Patrick Meier ◽  
Lorie Donelle
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Health It ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Field Staff ◽  
Program Managers ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Diverse Context ◽  
Study Participants

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have significant potential in the healthcare field. Ethical and practical concerns, challenges, and complexities of using drones for specific and diverse healthcare purposes have been minimally explored to date. This paper aims to document and advance awareness of diverse context-specific concerns, challenges, and complexities encountered by individuals working on the front lines of drones for health. It draws on original qualitative research and data from semi-structured interviews (N = 16) with drones for health program managers and field staff in nine countries. Directed thematic analysis was used to analyze interviews and identify key ethical and practical concerns, challenges, and complexities experienced by participants in their work with drones for health projects. While some concerns, challenges, and complexities described by study participants were more technical in nature, for example, those related to drone technology and approval processes, the majority were not. The bulk of context-specific concerns and challenges identified by participants, we propose, could be mitigated through community engagement initiatives.

Introduction to Attachment Theory: Social Contexts and Changeability

2019 ◽  
pp. 43-54
Author(s):  
Chia-Huei Wu
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Internal Working Models ◽  
Internal Working ◽  
Children And Parents ◽  
Specific Attachment ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Context Specific

The aim of this chapter is to introduce attachment theory in terms of context-specific attachment styles, and the stability and changeability of attachment style. An attachment relationship exists not only between children and parents, but also in other relationship contexts. Context-specific attachment relationships, such as attachment at work, are more proximal to influence behavior in the specific contexts. This theoretical proposition helps illustrate how relationships in organizations are important to shape employee proactivity. Attachment theory also suggests the changeability of attachment style as individuals’ prototype of attachment style and internal working models of self, others, and the broader social environment can be changed when they encounter different experiences.

Demographic Factors as Predictors of Coping Strategies among Police Officers

2000 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 275-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
George T. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Ways Of Coping ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
Ways Of Coping Questionnaire ◽  
And Coping

This study examined the effects of demographic factors on coping responses among police officers. A sample of 233 police officers completed the Ways of Coping Questionnaire (Folkman & Lazarus, 1988). The regression analysis showed that the higher the reported educational attainment, the more police officers reported coping which was emotion-focused and seeking social support. The rank of the officer was directly related to reported emotion-focused coping. These results are discussed relative to research on the relations of demographic factors and coping responses among police officers.

Advances in Ambient Temperature Creep Deformation Behavior of Two-Phase Titanium Alloys

2005 ◽  
Vol 475-479 ◽  
pp. 779-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Jaworski ◽  
Sreeramamurthy Ankem
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Alloys ◽  
Creep Deformation ◽  
Deformation Behavior ◽  
Creep Resistance ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Beta Phase ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Strength Difference ◽  
The Stability

In recent years, significant advances have been made in regard to the creep deformation behavior of two phase titanium alloys. It has been shown that the creep resistance depends on a number of factors, including the shape of the component phases, the strength difference between the phases, and the stability of the beta phase. For example, in two-phase materials with a similar volume fraction and morphology of phases, if the beta phase is less stable, then the creep resistance is lower. These developments will be reviewed and the reasons for such effects will be suggested.

scholarly journals What Do Physicians Read (and Ignore) in Electronic Progress Notes?

2014 ◽  
Vol 05 (02) ◽  
pp. 430-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.L. Marquard ◽  
B. Amster ◽  
M. Romoser ◽  
J. Friderici ◽  
S. Goff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Attention ◽  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
Patient Data ◽  
Progress Notes ◽  
Clinical Document ◽  
Laboratory Results ◽  
Tracking Device ◽  
Study Participants

Summary Objective: Several studies have documented the preference for physicians to attend to the impression and plan section of a clinical document. However, it is not clear how much attention other sections of a document receive. The goal of this study was to identify how physicians distribute their visual attention while reading electronic notes. Methods: We used an eye-tracking device to assess the visual attention patterns of ten hospitalists as they read three electronic notes. The assessment included time spent reading specific sections of a note as well as rates of reading. This visual analysis was compared with the content of simulated verbal handoffs for each note and debriefing interviews. Results: Study participants spent the most time in the “Impression and Plan” section of electronic notes and read this section very slowly. Sections such as the “Medication Profile”, “Vital Signs” and “Laboratory Results” received less attention and were read very quickly even if they contained more content than the impression and plan. Only 9% of the content of physicians’ verbal handoff was found outside of the “Impression and Plan.” Conclusion: Physicians in this study directed very little attention to medication lists, vital signs or laboratory results compared with the impression and plan section of electronic notes. Optimizing the design of electronic notes may include rethinking the amount and format of imported patient data as this data appears to largely be ignored. Citation: Brown PJ, Marquard JL, Amster B, Romoser M, Friderici J, Goff S, Fisher D. What do physicians read (and ignore) in electronic progress notes? Appl Clin Inf 2014; 5: 430–444 http://dx.doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2014-01-RA-0003

Examination of the Factor Structure of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire With Clinical Populations

1994 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 268???273 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. MARGARET WINEMAN ◽  
ELLEN J. DURAND ◽  
B. JAIN McCULLOCH
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Ways Of Coping ◽  
Ways Of Coping Questionnaire ◽  
Clinical Populations

High Common Factor

1911 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 167-169
Author(s):  
Howard F. Hart
Keyword(s):  
Common Factor ◽  
First Year ◽  
Independent Term ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Degree Term ◽  
Integral Divisor ◽  
The Given ◽  
First Year Student

As the colleges now are requiring highest common factor by factoring methods only, any plan whereby the number of factors to be tried can be lessened is certainly worth while. For in general we must regard as possible any binomial factor whose first-degree term is an integral divisor of the highest term of the given expression and whose independent term is an integral divisor of the independent term of the expression. Thus in such a problem as, “Find the H.C.F. of 5x3 − 21x2 + 5x − 4 and 5x3 − 19x2 + 5x + 4” (McCurdy’s Exercise Book, page 40, example 4) the possible factors that a student might try and must try, unless he were very lucky in those he chose to try first, are x ± 1, x ± 2, x ± 4, 5x ± 1, 5x ± 2, 5x ± 4. And further if the given expressions were, say, cubics having no common binomial factor at all but with a quadratic one instead (e. g., 2x3 + 5x2 + x − 3 and 2x3 − x2 − 5x + 3) I doubt if the ordinary first-year student would get any result unless it were unity.

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