scholarly journals Assessment Practices of Child Clinicians

Assessment ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan R. Cook ◽  
Estee M. Hausman ◽  
Amanda Jensen-Doss ◽  
Kristin M. Hawley
Keyword(s):  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Specific Measure ◽  
Standardized Measures ◽  
Assessment Strategies ◽  
Best Fit ◽  
And Training

Assessment is an integral component of treatment. However, prior surveys indicate clinicians may not use standardized assessment strategies. We surveyed 1,510 clinicians and used multivariate analysis of variance to explore group differences in specific measure use. Clinicians used unstandardized measures more frequently than standardized measures, although psychologists used standardized measures more frequently than nonpsychologists. We also used latent profile analysis to classify clinicians based on their overall approach to assessment and examined associations between clinician-level variables and assessment class or profile membership. A four-profile model best fit the data. The largest profile consisted of clinicians who primarily used unstandardized assessments (76.7%), followed by broad-spectrum assessors who regularly use both standardized and unstandardized assessment (11.9%), and two smaller profiles of minimal (6.0%) and selective assessors (5.5%). Compared with broad-spectrum assessors, unstandardized and minimal assessors were less likely to report having adequate standardized measures training. Implications for clinical practice and training are discussed.

scholarly journals Opportunities for Adaptive Learning Environments to Promote Sustainability-Oriented Innovation Competence in Vocational Education and Training

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Florian Berding ◽  
Andreas Slopinski ◽  
Regina Frerichs ◽  
Karin Rebmann
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Specific Teaching ◽  
Innovation Competence ◽  
And Training ◽  
Latent Profile

Achieving a sustainable economic system is a key challenge facing society. However, sustainable business to date has been only minimally considered when it comes to the requisites and curricula of business trainees. It generally has been left up to schools and teachers to provide their students with sustainable business skills. This involves creating teaching and training that effectively harmonize with learner requirements. To support teachers in this process, the following develops a sustainability-oriented innovation competence typology using a latent profile analysis based on data gathered from 1,149 business trainees who were in the first, second, or third year of their apprenticeship. This typology can be used to plan and develop classroom teaching. Competency assessment was done using a multiple-choice test along with a questionnaire to determine students’ beliefs about sustainable development. The latent profile analysis revealed six groups of learner competence profiles, each of which require specific teaching when it comes to achieving sustainable innovation skills. Based on these, the following paper develops recommendations for specific teaching methods and lessons that effectively promote business trainee sustainability-oriented innovation competence, while at the same time including their specific requirements into teaching.

Motivations for Volunteering and Its Associations with Time Perspectives and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Profile Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (5) ◽  
pp. 932-951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Hwa Kee ◽  
Chunxiao Li ◽  
John C. K. Wang ◽  
Muhammad Idzhar Bin Kailani
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Time Perspectives ◽  
Balanced Time Perspective ◽  
Group Profile ◽  
Latent Profile

This study aims to examine motivation for volunteering and its association with time perspective and life satisfaction among volunteers ( N = 221). Latent profile analysis was used to profile individuals based on their time perspectives and then to compare group differences in life satisfaction and volunteering motivation. Three profiles were identified. Profile 1 ( n = 32; 14.5%) was a “balanced time perspective group,” Profile 2 ( n = 102; 46.2%) was a “maladaptive group,” and Profile 3 ( n = 87; 39.3%) was a “nonchalant group.” Profile 1 showed the highest life satisfaction compared to the two remaining groups. Significant group differences in volunteering motivation between this group and the other two were also reported. These findings suggest that time perspective may be appropriate for understanding motivation for voluntarism and life satisfaction.

Cooperative, Compromising, Conflictual, and Uninvolved Coparenting Among Teenaged Parents

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (11) ◽  
pp. 1534-1560
Author(s):  
Jacquelyn K. Mallette ◽  
Ted G. Futris ◽  
Geoffrey L. Brown ◽  
Assaf Oshri
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Adolescent Mothers ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Parental Functioning ◽  
Young Fathers

Adolescent parents often maintain a coparenting relationship that is characterized by frequent conflict and unhealthy communication. However, in relationships with less conflict and more cooperation, adolescent mothers display well-being and greater self-acceptance, while young fathers are more likely to be involved with their children. Based on human, financial, and social capital theory that reinforces the influence of parents’ investments on family processes and well-being, we examined how capital was related to coparenting behaviors, and how coparenting related to parental functioning. We examined data from 125 adolescent mothers who attended a program for pregnant/parenting teens. Using a latent profile analysis, we (1) identified patterns of coparenting; (2) examined social, financial and human capital resources; and (3) evaluated between-group differences in parental functioning. Results indicated four unique patterns of coparenting based on adolescent mothers’ reports, which were associated with indicators of social, financial, and human capital and between-group differences in parental functioning.

scholarly journals Relation between Perceived Barrier Profiles, Physical Literacy, Motivation and Physical Activity Behaviors among Parents with a Young Child

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 4459
Author(s):  
Amy S. Ha ◽  
Wai Chan ◽  
Johan Y. Y. Ng
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Family Burden ◽  
Physical Literacy ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Barriers And Challenges ◽  
Latent Profile

Objectives: to reveal distinct subgroups of parents by their perception of 6 types of physical activity barriers and challenges (i.e., lack of time, poor health, lack of company, lack of facilities, childcare responsibility, lack of motivation), and examine its relation with related constructs. Design: cross-sectional survey data. Method: the sample consisted of 424 parents who had at least 1 child of primary school age. Latent profile analysis was conducted to identify latent subgroups within participants. Group differences on physical literacy, autonomous motivation, and self-report physical activity (PA) levels were explored. Results: a four-profile solution was obtained from latent profile analysis, labelled as: “Struggling” (29.0%), “Family burden” (41.3%), “Lazy” (13.0%), and “Barriers free” (16.7%). The “Barriers free” profile experienced the least difficulties with physical activity, but the “Struggling” profile suffered the most severe barriers and challenges. “Family burden” and “Lazy” profiles demonstrated qualitative differences on one or two given challenges. Significant group differences on physical literacy, autonomous motivation, and PA levels were found, showing the “Barriers free” profile as the most robust and adaptive group of parents. Conclusions: the findings suggest that it is common for a substantial portion of parents to experience multiple barriers and challenges to a relatively high degree. Intervention on raising parent’s physical literacy to reduce barriers and sustain their motivation may be a target for intervention.

Heterogeneity in Depression Symptoms and Health Status Among Older Adults

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 879-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo A. Mora ◽  
Teerah Beamon ◽  
LeAnn Preuitt ◽  
Marco DiBonaventura ◽  
Elaine A. Leventhal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Class Model ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Best Fit

Objectives: We assessed whether distinct classes of depression symptoms could be identified. In addition, we determined how these classes differed in terms of health status. Methods: Data were analyzed with latent profile analysis. MANOVA tests were used to compare the health status of the various classes. Results: A four-class model had the best fit. Classes were labeled according to participants’ responses to the Center for Epidemiologic Studies–Depression Scale (CES-D) items and their overall score: low depression symptoms, high depression symptoms, subthreshold with anhedonia, and subthreshold with anhedonia and negative interpersonal feelings. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses showed that health status differed across classes. Conclusions: The results provide support for the idea that there is heterogeneity in the presentation of depression symptoms among older adults. These data showed that about a third of our sample of older adults reported increased levels of anhedonia and that negative interpersonal feelings were uncommon.

scholarly journals Which boys and which girls are falling behind? Linking adolescents' gender role profiles to motivation, engagement, and achievement

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junlin Yu ◽  
Ros McLellan ◽  
Liz Winter
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Achievement Data ◽  
Feminine Norms ◽  
Role Profiles ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Gender Variations ◽  
English Students

Research on gender gaps in school tends to focus on average gender differences in academic outcomes, such as motivation, engagement, and achievement. The current study moved beyond a binary perspective to unpack the variations within gender. It identified distinct groups of adolescents based on their patterns of conformity to different gender norms and compared group differences in motivation, engagement, and achievement. Data were collected from 597 English students (aged 14-16 years, 49% girls) on their conformity to traditional masculine and feminine norms, growth mindset, perseverance, self-handicapping, and their English and mathematics performance at the end of secondary school. Latent profile analysis identified seven groups of adolescents (resister boys, cool guys, tough guys, relational girls, modern girls, tomboys, wild girls) and revealed the prevalence of each profile. Within-gender variations show that two thirds of the boys were motivated, engaged, and performed well in school. In contrast, half of the girls showed maladaptive patterns of motivation, engagement, and achievement, and could be considered academically at risk. By shifting the focus from “boys versus girls” to “which boys and which girls”, this study reveals the invisibility of well-performing boys and underachieving girls in educational gender gap research.

scholarly journals Individual Profiles of Psychological Capital in a Spanish Sample

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 3029-3047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nia Plamenova Djourova ◽  
Isabel Rodríguez ◽  
Laura Lorente-Prieto
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The One ◽  
Individual Profiles ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Best Fit ◽  
High Hope

Psychological Capital (PsyCap) consists of hope, self-efficacy, resilience and optimism. It is usually assumed that individuals score similarly across these four components, however, there have been suggestions in the literature that in some cases, people can score high on some dimensions and low on others, and that it is necessary to explore the matter further (Dawkins, 2014). Hence, the main objective of this article is to explore if the relationship between the dimensions of PsyCap results in individual profiles; to see which sociodemographic characteristics they have, and how the profiles relate to job satisfaction and performance. The sample consists of 1752 employees from different companies in Spain. We used Latent Profile Analysis and the results revealed that a four-profile model is the best fit for our data, where Profile 1 was characterized by low self-efficacy and hope, and high resilience and optimism; Profile 2 by high self-efficacy and hope, and low resilience and optimism; Profile 3 by low self-efficacy and high hope, resilience and optimism; and Profile 4 by high scores on all PsyCap constructs. The majority of the sample was classified in Profile 4, showing support for the unitary structure of PsyCap. However, for some individuals scores differed across the four PsyCap dimensions. Furthermore, there were high-low and low-high configurations for hope and self-efficacy on the one hand, and resilience and optimism on the other. Lastly, our results emphasize the combination of hope and self-efficacy as important contributors to employee outcomes.

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