A Five-Factor Analysis Of Spirituality In Young Adults: Preliminary Evidence

2008 ◽  
pp. 43-57 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Preliminary Evidence

The Multidimensional Dream Inventory: Preliminary Evidence for Validity and Reliability

1997 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 803-808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Kallmeyer ◽  
Edward C. Chang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Individual Difference ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Dream Recall ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Difference Measure ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Individual Difference Measure

The present study focused on the development of the Multidimensional Dream Inventory, an individual difference measure of dimensions of dreams. Items were administered to 151 college students. Consistent with expectations, results of an exploratory factor analysis of intercorrelations among items indicated a four-factor solution was appropriate. As a result, four dream-relevant scales were constructed, viz, Dream Importance, Dream Vividness, Dream Usefulness, and Dream Recall. In addition, these scales showed good internal consistency for research. Implications and uses for the Multidimensional Dream Inventory were discussed.

scholarly journals How COVID-19 Has Influenced the Purchase Patterns of Young Adults in Developed and Developing Economies: Factor Analysis of Shopping Behavior Roots

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 941
Author(s):  
Alexander Rossolov ◽  
Yevhen Aloshynskyi ◽  
Oleksii Lobashov
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Choice Behavior ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Shopping Behavior ◽  
Purchase Behavior ◽  
Channel Choice ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Purchase Patterns

The paper presents survey results from shopping behavior transformation in developed and developing countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in spring 2020. The survey includes the polling process that covered 515 and 117 young adults, respectively, for two economies and factor analysis to determine the latent intentions of purchase behavior. Shopping patterns were studied for food, medicine, goods of first priority, electronics, clothing, and shoes. According to factor analysis results, we determined nine factors that reveal some similarities in shopping behavior as pro-safe purchases and belt-tightening patterns for both economies. Along with that, we revealed that people from developed countries perceived the greater danger and fear due to the COVID-19 crisis than young adults from developing economy. Based on polling results, the post–COVID-19 shopping channel choice behavior was evaluated for developed and developing economies.

Attentional processing of information related to illness: Biases and associations with emotional response in young adults with different levels of illness anxiety

2020 ◽  
pp. 135910532096743
Author(s):  
Chrysanthi Leonidou ◽  
Georgia Panayiotou
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Emotional Response ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Regulation Mechanism ◽  
Attentional Processing ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Free Viewing ◽  
Illness Anxiety ◽  
Different Levels

This study investigated attentional processing of illness-related information and associations with emotional reactivity. 100 young adults with low to high illness anxiety levels underwent free and cued viewing tasks, while eye-tracking and emotional reactivity were recorded. During free viewing, participants showed early orienting bias and sustained vigilance bias toward illness vs neutral pictures. Increased illness anxiety predicted vigilance bias to illness vs fearful pictures. During cued viewing, participants showed avoidance bias for illness vs neutral pictures, predicted by greater cardiac acceleration. Task nature appears to influence attentional processing patterns of illness stimuli. Preliminary evidence supports that attention allocation may be an emotion regulation mechanism.

Examining the Dimensionality of Pathological Narcissism: Factor Analysis and Construct Validity of the O'Brien Multiphasic Narcissism Inventory

1987 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 499-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
American Psychiatric Association ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Dimension ◽  
Pathological Narcissism ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Group Measure

The focus of the current research was to investigate the structure of possible dimensions of pathological narcissism as suggested by the American Psychiatric Association and recently by Miller. For this study, a 75-item instrument, the O'Brien Multiphasic Narcissism Inventory, was developed. Three studies provide preliminary evidence of the test's validity. A factor analysis, in Study 1, identified three orthogonal scales, labelled Narcissistic Personality Dimension, Poisonous Pedagogy Dimension, and Narcissistically Abused Personality Dimension. In Studies 2 and 3, issues of validity were investigated by testing construct hypotheses and by correlating scores on the new scales with those on both the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and Eysenck Personality Inventory. Taken as a whole, the three studies give encouraging evidence that the new scales provide a useful group measure of the dimensions of pathological narcissistic personality.

The Positive and Negative Suicide Ideation Inventory: Development and Validation

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 783-793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augustine Osman ◽  
Peter M. Gutierrez ◽  
Beverly A. Kopper ◽  
Francisco X. Barrios ◽  
Christine E. Chiros
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Negative Thoughts ◽  
Principal Axis Factor Analysis ◽  
The One ◽  
Report Measure

We conducted two studies to develop and validate a brief self-report measure for assessing the frequency of positive and negative thoughts related to suicidal behavior Items on this new measure, the Positive and Negative Suicide Ideation inventory, were generated by undergraduates. In Study 1, we administered a 20-item version of the inventory to 150 male and 300 female undergraduates and conducted an exploratory principal axis factor analysis with varimax rotation. Two factors, Positive Ideation and Negative Ideation, were retained. In Study 2, we conducted a confirmatory factor analysis to validate the fit of the one-factor and the oblique two-factor models to data from another sample of 84 men and 202 women. The oblique two-factor model provided an excellent fit to the sample data. We also examined preliminary evidence of concurrent and predictive validity. Over-all, these findings suggested that the inventory is a well-developed self-report measure for assessing the frequency of positive and negative thoughts related to suicidal behavior.

Factor Analysis of Internal and External Self-Control Practices for Alcohol Consumption

1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 1207-1213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chudley E. Werch ◽  
Dean R. Gorman
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Rate Control ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Control Variables

A factor analysis of specific alcohol-related self-control practices reported by 410 young adults who completed a Self-control Questionnaire, consisting of both internal and external self-control measures, is described. Seven factors were extracted from the external self-control items including Rate Control, Self-reinforcement and Punishment, Alternatives, Avoidance, Limiting Driving and Cash, Controlling Time and Food, and Awareness. Three factors emerged from the internal self-control items including Impairment, Relaxation, and Anxiousness. These specific groupings of external and internal self-control variables should be empirically tested for their utility as interventions aimed at moderating the alcohol consumption of young adults.

scholarly journals A Text Message Intervention with Adaptive Goal Support to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Among Non-Treatment-Seeking Young Adults: Non-Randomized Clinical Trial with Voluntary Length of Enrollment (Preprint)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Suffoletto ◽  
Tammy Chung ◽  
Frederick Muench ◽  
Peter Monti ◽  
Duncan B Clark
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Text Message ◽  
Confidence Score ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Goal Commitment ◽  
Reduce Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Text Message Intervention

BACKGROUND Stand-alone text message–based interventions can reduce binge drinking episodes (≥4 drinks for women and ≥5 drinks for men) among nontreatment-seeking young adults, but may not be optimized. Adaptive text message support could enhance effectiveness by assisting context-specific goal setting and striving, but it remains unknown how to best integrate it into text message interventions. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate young adults’ engagement with a text message intervention, Texting to Reduce Alcohol Consumption 2 (TRAC2), which focuses on reducing weekend alcohol consumption. TRAC2 incorporated preweekend drinking-limit goal-commitment ecological momentary assessments (EMA) tailored to past 2-week alcohol consumption, intraweekend goal reminders, self-efficacy EMA with support tailored to goal confidence, and maximum weekend alcohol consumption EMA with drinking limit goal feedback. METHODS We enrolled 38 nontreatment-seeking young adults (aged 18 to 25 years) who screened positive for hazardous drinking in an urban emergency department. Following a 2-week text message assessment-only run-in, subjects were given the opportunity to enroll in 4-week intervention blocks. We examined patterns of EMA responses and voluntary re-enrollment. We then examined how goal commitment and goal self-efficacy related to event-level alcohol consumption. Finally, we examined the association of length of TRAC2 exposure with alcohol-related outcomes from baseline to 3-month follow-up. RESULTS Among a diverse sample of young adults (56% [28/50] female, 54% [27/50] black, 32% [12/50] college enrolled), response rates to EMA queries were, on average, 82% for the first 4-week intervention block, 75% for the second 4-week block, and 73% for the third 4-week block. In the first 4 weeks of the intervention, drinking limit goal commitment was made 68/71 times it was prompted (96%). The percentage of subjects being prompted to commit to a drinking limit goal above the binge threshold was 52% (15/29) in week 1 and decreased to 0% (0/15) by week 4. Subjects met their goal 130/146 of the times a goal was committed to (89.0%). There were lower rates of goal success when subjects reported lower confidence (score <4) in meeting the goal (76% [32/42 weekends]) compared with that when subjects reported high confidence (98% [56/57 weekends]; P=.001). There were reductions in alcohol consumption from baseline to 3 months, but reductions were not different by length of intervention exposure. CONCLUSIONS Preliminary evidence suggests that nontreatment-seeking young adults will engage with a text message intervention incorporating self-regulation support features, resulting in high rates of weekend drinking limit goal commitment and goal success.

Switching Behaviour of Young Adults in Cellular Service Industry: An Empirical Study of Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 635-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wajeeha Aslam ◽  
Reema Frooghi
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Switching Behaviour ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Evaluation Of Data ◽  
The University

The switching behaviour in cellular services has been constantly observed in the consumers. Therefore, it becomes difficult for cellular service providers to gain the competitive advantage and retain the consumers. The main focus of this study is to observe the factors that are pushing consumers to switch from their present cellular network. For the collection of data, questionnaire was rotated among the university students. In total, 247 useful responses were used in order to get the findings. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation model (SEM) were used for the evaluation of data. The findings show that inconvenience have a negative and significant impact on switching behaviour of the young adults. As compared to this, service encounter failure and attraction by competitors have a positive and significant impact on switching behaviour of the young adults. This study will help the companies in understanding the behaviour of the cellular subscribers and will also help to sustain them. The article also highlights the factors that are important for the consumers before making decision for final purchase or switching the network.

scholarly journals A proof-of-concept sub-study exploring feasibility and preliminary evidence for the role of physical activity on neural activity during executive functioning tasks among young adults after cancer treatment

BMC Neurology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Wurz ◽  
Gladys Ayson ◽  
Andra M. Smith ◽  
Jennifer Brunet
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Cancer Treatment ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Neural Activity ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Proof Of Concept ◽  
Information Encoding ◽  
After Cancer

Abstract Background Executive functioning (EF) deficits are troubling for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) after cancer treatment. Physical activity (PA) may enhance neural activity underlying EF among older adults affected by cancer. Establishing whether PA enhances neural activity among AYAs is warranted. As part of a two-arm, mixed-methods pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT), this proof-of-concept sub-study sought to answer the following questions: (1) is it feasible to use neuroimaging with EF tasks to assess neural activity changes following a 12-week PA intervention? And (2) is there preliminary evidence that a 12-week PA intervention enhances neural activity among AYAs after cancer treatment? Methods AYAs in the pilot RCT were approached for enrollment into this sub-study. Those who were eligible and enrolled, completed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with EF tasks (letter n-back, Go/No Go) pre- and post-PA intervention. Sub-study enrollment, adherence to scheduled fMRI scans, outliers, missing data, and EF task performance data were collected. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) analyses, and paired sample t-tests. Results Nine eligible participants enrolled into this sub-study; six attended scheduled fMRI scans. One outlier was identified and was subsequently removed from the analytical sample. Participants showed no differences in EF task performance from pre- to post-PA intervention. Increases in neural activity in brain regions responsible for motor control, information encoding and processing, and decision-making were observed post-PA intervention (p < 0.05; n = 5). Conclusions Findings  show that fMRI scans during EF tasks detected neural activity changes (as assessed by the BOLD signal) from pre- to post-PA intervention. Results thus suggest future trials confirming that PA enhances neural activity underlying EF are needed, though feasibility issues require careful consideration to ensure trial success. Trial registration clinicaltrials.gov, NCT03016728. Registered January 11, 2017, clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03016728.

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