Free-text comments as a tool for developing the self-report method: Parents’ responses to a survey on violence against children

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noora Ellonen ◽  
Monica Fagerlund ◽  
Tarja Pösö
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Violent Behaviour ◽  
Violence Against Children ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Report Measure

Self-report measures are used to study the degree of victimisation in children that have experienced violence. Very little methodological attention is, however, paid to development of these measures. In this article, we will analyse parents’ free-text comments in response to a self-report survey of their own violent behaviour towards their children. Themes presented by parents concerning violence against children as a phenomenon will be analysed and methodological input of these free-text comments in a self-report survey will be examined. Analysis is based on survey data collected in Finland in 2011 (N = 3170) including 2047 free-text comments. Based on the thematic analysis of those comments, four themes were phrased: making sense of the responses, defining violence, children and violence in society and experiencing exclusion. Parents’ comments with respect to these themes reflected the complexity of what actually constitutes violence against children. Analysis also showed that free-text comments are a valuable and ethically sound tool for developing the self-report measure.

Conceptual Disruption

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara I. McClelland
Keyword(s):  
Survey Research ◽  
Sexual Satisfaction ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Report Data ◽  
Self Report Data ◽  
Cantril’S Ladder

In research using self-report measures, there is little attention paid to how participants interpret concepts; instead, researchers often assume definitions are shared, universal, or easily understood. I discuss the self-anchored ladder, adapted from Cantril’s ladder, which is a procedure that simultaneously collects a participant’s self-reported rating and their interpretation of that rating. Drawing from a study about sexual satisfaction that included a self-anchored ladder, four analyses are presented and discussed in relation to one another: (1) comparisons of sexual satisfaction scores, (2) variations of structures participants applied to the ladder, (3) frequency of terms used to describe sexual satisfaction, and (4) thematic analysis of “best” and “worst” sexual satisfaction. These analytic strategies offer researchers a model for how to incorporate self-anchored ladder items into research designs as a means to draw out layers of meaning in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods data. I argue that the ladder invites the potential for conceptual disruption by prioritizing skepticism in survey research and bringing greater attention to how social locations, histories, economic structures, and other factors shape self-report data. I also address issues related to the multiple epistemological positions that the ladder demands. Finally, I argue for the centrality of epistemological self-reflexivity in critical feminist psychological research. Additional online materials for this article are available on PWQ’s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/0361684317725985

Who is Gelotophobic? Assessment Criteria for the Fear of Being Laughed at

2008 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willibald Ruch ◽  
René T. Proyer
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
Normal Individuals ◽  
Report Measure ◽  
Normal Controls

Ruch and Proyer (2008) provided preliminary evidence for the validity of gelotophobia (the fear of being laughed at) by showing that a group of individuals diagnosed as gelotophobic could be discriminated from groups of shame-based neurotics, non shame-based neurotics, and normal controls by means of a self-report measure. The present study reanalyzes data aimed at identifying the set of items best suited for measuring gelotophobia and estimates the prevalence of gelotophobia in the four groups (N = 863). The application of several criteria led to a final list of 15 statements. Cut-off points for a slight, pronounced, and extreme expression of gelotophobia were defined. In the group of those clinically assessed as having gelotophobia, the cut-off points were exceeded by approximately 31%, 39%, and 22%, respectively. Only 7.1% did not exceed the cut-off point, suggesting that the self-report measure validly determines the presence of and measures the intensity of gelotophobia. Close to 12% of the normal controls exceeded the cut-off points, suggesting that gelotophobia can be studied as an individual differences variable among normal individuals.

scholarly journals Impulsivity in adolescent bipolar disorder

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten E. Gilbert ◽  
Jessica H. Kalmar ◽  
Fay Y. Womer ◽  
Philip J. Markovich ◽  
Brian Pittman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Mood State ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Rapid Cycling ◽  
Mood Symptoms ◽  
Barratt Impulsiveness Scale ◽  
Course Features ◽  
Report Measure ◽  
Motor Subscale

Objective: Increased impulsivity has been shown to be a trait feature of adults with bipolar disorder (BD), yet impulsivity has received little study in adolescents with BD. Thus, it is unknown whether it is a trait feature that is present early in the course of the disorder. We tested the hypotheses that self-reported impulsiveness is increased in adolescents with BD, and that it is present during euthymia, supporting impulsiveness as an early trait feature of the disorder.Methods: Impulsiveness was assessed in 23 adolescents with BD and 23 healthy comparison (HC) adolescents using the self-report measure of impulsivity, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS), comprised by attentional, motor and non-planning subscale scores. Effects of subscale scores and associations of scores with mood state and course features were explored.Results: Total and subscale BIS scores were significantly higher in adolescents with BD than HC adolescents. Total, attentional and motor subscale BIS scores were also significantly higher in the subset of adolescents with BD who were euthymic, compared to HC adolescents. Adolescents with BD with rapid-cycling and chronic mood symptoms had significantly higher total and motor subscale BIS scores than adolescents with BD without these course features.Conclusion: These results suggest increased self-reported impulsiveness is a trait feature of adolescents with BD. Elevated impulsivity may be especially prominent in adolescents with rapid-cycling and chronic symptoms.

An Interpersonal Analysis of Rorschach Aggression Variables in a Normal Sample

2001 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 617-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joni L. Mihura ◽  
Elizabeth Nathan-Montano
Keyword(s):  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Normal Sample ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Forward Stepwise ◽  
Interpersonal Control ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Report Measure

This study investigated the relationship between Rorschach aggression variables and a self-report measure of interpersonal control and aggression (Structural Analysis of Social Behavior), rated for best and worst states, with 50 college students using forward stepwise regression analyses Aggressive Movement (AG) was related to the report of self-attack for the best state ratings The following findings were significant for the worst state ratings. AG was related to viewing the other as reacting as if attacked but the self as acting more affiliatively to the other. Aggressive Past (AgPast) was related to reacting to the other more submissively. A combined Aggressive Potential (AgPot)/Aggressive Content (AgC) variable was related to viewing the other as reacting less submissively and acting more dominantly. AgC was related to viewing the other as reacting less submissively. Methodological limitations are discussed, including potential problems regarding social desirability for the self-report aggression measure.

scholarly journals Assessing the readability of the self-reported Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

BJPsych Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Praveetha Patalay ◽  
Daniel Hayes ◽  
Miranda Wolpert
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Measure Development ◽  
The Self ◽  
Strengths And Difficulties Questionnaire ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Strengths And Difficulties ◽  
Report Measure ◽  
Practice Community

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is one of the most widely used measures in child and adolescent mental health in clinical practice, community-based screening and research. Assessing the readability of such questionnaires is important as young people may not comprehend items above their reading ability when self-reporting. Analyses of readability in the present study indicate that the self-report SDQ might not be suitable for young people with a reading age below 13–14 years and highlight differences in readability between subscales. The findings suggest a need for caution in using the SDQ as a self-report measure for children below the age of 13, and highlight considerations of readability in measure development, selection and interpretation.Declaration of interestNone.

Cyberstalking Perpetration Among Young Adults: An Assessment of the Effects of Low Self-Control and Moral Disengagement

2021 ◽  
pp. 001112872198907
Author(s):  
Erica R. Fissel ◽  
Bonnie S. Fisher ◽  
Joseph L. Nedelec
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Mechanical Turk ◽  
Low Self Control

The current study sought to explain cyberstalking perpetration using low self-control and moral disengagement frameworks. Self-report survey data collected from a Mechanical Turk sample of 1,500 young adults aged 18 to 25 years old revealed that approximately 22% of the sample had engaged in cyberstalking perpetration during their lifetime. Findings also generally supported the self-control and moral disengagement frameworks. Respondents with higher levels of low self-control were more likely to engage in cyberstalking perpetration, as were those respondents who had a higher moral disengagement score. The interaction between low self-control and moral disengagement, however, did not yield a significant effect.

Agreement between Functional and Electrophysiologic Measures in Patients with Unilateral Peripheral Vestibular System Impairment

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (05) ◽  
pp. 231-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary P. Jacobson ◽  
Devin L. McCaslin
Keyword(s):  
Functional Recovery ◽  
Vestibular System ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Balance Function ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Functional Measures ◽  
Henry Ford ◽  
System Compensation ◽  
Report Measure

This investigation was conducted to determine whether there was congruence between "physiology-based" definitions of compensated and uncompensated unilateral peripheral vestibular system impairment and "functional" measures of self-perceived dizziness disability/handicap. A retrospective analysis was performed on data obtained from 122 patients evaluated in the Balance Function Laboratory at Henry Ford Hospital over a 4-year period. Both electronystagmography and rotational test data were tabulated. Additionally, results of a self-report measure of dizziness disability/handicap were tabulated. Patients were placed into four groups, with one group representing normal vestibulometric test results, one group representing compensated unilateral peripheral vestibular system impairment, and two groups representing increasing magnitudes of uncompensated unilateral peripheral vestibular system impairment. The total and subscale scores on the self-report measure served as the dependent variable. Results showed a lack of congruence between the physiologic and functional measures. We interpret these findings as evidence that factors other than semiobjective evidence of vestibular system compensation probably impact functional recovery following unilateral peripheral vestibular system impairment.

scholarly journals (How) Will it end? A qualitative analysis of free-text survey data on informal care endings

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Kirby ◽  
Giselle Newton ◽  
Lukas Hofstätter ◽  
Sarah Judd-Lam ◽  
Iva Strnadová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Informal Care ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Care Recipient ◽  
Free Text ◽  
After Effects ◽  
Supported Accommodation ◽  
Care Recipients ◽  
Workforce Housing

The health and social ‘after-effects’ of caring are well established, yet the way carers experience pathways out of caring remains under-researched. In this article, we analyse qualitative free-text responses (n = 1,746) from a national survey of Australian carers to explore current and former carers’ concerns, opportunities and preferences around care endings. Our thematic analysis derived three key findings: (1) anticipation and fears for the care recipient; (2) prospects for life after caring; and (3) responsibility, recognition and loss. We engage with scholarship on the moralities of caring to discuss carers’ precarious relational and social positions, and their uncertainties around how caring ends.<br /><br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>Carers worry about how care recipients will be looked after in the future in the carer’s absence, especially in situations where the carer is frail or ageing.</li><br /><li>Carers also worry about their own futures and life after caring, including fears about re-entering the workforce, housing and superannuation, as well as issues of loss and loneliness.</li><br /><li>For some carers, the imagined care ending does not ultimately constitute the end of their caring responsibility in practice; for example, many carers continue to provide considerable care for those in supported accommodation.</li><br /><li>Understanding how carers experience and make sense of care endings is important for improving support for current and former carers.</li></ul>

scholarly journals Description of the Process to Validate the Mexican Nurse Informatics Competency Self-Assessment Scale

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Lozada-Perezmitre ◽  
Erick Landeros-Olvera ◽  
Rosa Maria Galicia-Aguilar ◽  
Laura-Maria Peltonen ◽  
Raji Nibber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Assessment Scale ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Ongoing Study ◽  
Nursing Informatics ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Efficient Care ◽  
Report Measure

Nurses need to have sufficient competencies in nursing informatics to be able to provide safe and efficient care. The Self-Assessment of Nursing Informatics Competencies Scale (SANICS) has been developed and validated as a self-report measure of informatics competencies in Western settings. In this work, we describe the ongoing study that aims to validate and translate SANICS into the Mexican setting.

Examining honesty–humility and cheating behaviors across younger and older adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 016502542110390
Author(s):  
Alison M. O’Connor ◽  
Rebecca A. Judges ◽  
Kang Lee ◽  
Angela D. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Behavioral Measures ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Cheating Behavior ◽  
Report Measure

Self-report research indicates that dishonesty decreases across adulthood; however, behavioral measures of dishonesty have yet to be examined across younger and older adults. The present study examined younger and older adults’ cheating behaviors in relation to their self-reported honesty–humility. Younger ( N = 112) and older adults ( N = 85) completed a matrix task where they had the opportunity to falsely inflate their performance. Participants also completed the self-report measure of honesty–humility from the HEXACO-PI-R. Older adults were significantly less likely to cheat and had higher ratings of honesty–humility compared to younger adults. Greater honesty–humility predicted lower cheating behavior. These results demonstrate that older adults show greater rates of honesty and humility compared to younger adults using both behavioral and self-report methods.

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