scholarly journals Development and validation of the openness to the future scale: a prospective protective factor

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Botella ◽  
G. Molinari ◽  
J. Fernández-Álvarez ◽  
V. Guillén ◽  
A. García-Palacios ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protective Factor ◽  
The Future ◽  
Development And Validation

scholarly journals Validating an instrument to investigate students’ conception of Salt hydrolysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Isnatul Husniah ◽  
Habiddin Habiddin ◽  
Muhammad Sua’idy ◽  
Nuryono Nuryono
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
High Category ◽  
Public Secondary School ◽  
The Future ◽  
Development And Validation

This paper outlines the development and validation of a Four-tier instrument in the topic of salt hydrolysis (FTISH). The instrument was developed by using the procedure of FTDICK instrument as published by Habiddin & Page (2019). This study was a part of other separates studies conducted by other groups of researchers including Devita, Habiddin & Suaidy (2019) (in press). This study involved 127 students in total and data collection were carried out two times involving 64 students in the first data collection and 63 students in the second one. The participants of both groups were public secondary school students from Malang. The FTISH consists of 23 questions. The results show that the validity of the questions ranged between 0.263 and 0.745. The reliability of the instrument was 0.80 and falls in the high category. The future implementation of the instrument to support the teaching and learning of salt hydrolysis are also discussed.

Factors emerging from the “Zarit Burden Interview” and predictive variables in a UK sample of caregivers for people with dementia

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 1671-1678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry Johanna Smith ◽  
Catriona George ◽  
Nuno Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Caregiver Burden ◽  
Experiential Avoidance ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Zarit Burden Interview ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
The Future ◽  
Positive Aspects Of Caregiving

ABSTRACTBackground:Caring for persons with dementia (PWD) can create “caregiver burden,” which is associated with negative outcomes for caregivers and PWD. The ZBI (Zarit Burden Interview) is a widely used unitary measure of caregiver burden. However, recent research has found caregiver burden to be multi-dimensional. The purpose of this study was to explore the factor structure of the ZBI within a sample of UK caregivers. A secondary aim was to identify variables that predicted burden dimensions found.Methods:A total of 110 unpaid community caregivers of PWD completed the ZBI. They also completed the EACQ (Experiential Avoidance in Caregiving Questionnaire), DEX (Dysexecutive Questionnaire), PACS (Positive Aspects of Caregiving Scale), and a demographic questionnaire. ZBI data were analyzed via exploratory factor analysis (principal axis factoring). Relationships between burden factors and other variables were studied using Pearson correlations and multiple regression.Results:Analysis identified three burden factors, namely direct impact of caregiving, uncertainty around the future, and frustration/embarrassment. A direct impact of caregiving and frustration/embarrassment has been found previously. Uncertainty over the future is a new factor, which was predicted by adult-child caregiver role, highlighting that spouses and adult children are likely to have different burden experiences. Additionally, uncertainty over the future and frustration/embarrassment were inversely predicted by PACS, suggesting that being mindful of positive aspects of caregiving may function as a protective factor for burden.Conclusions:This study found caregiver burden to be multi-dimensional and uncovered a novel factor in uncertainty over the future, which warrants further exploration. Burden factors were associated with a range of modifiable variables that could be targeted within health and social care interventions to improve outcomes for caregivers and PWD.

scholarly journals Adolescents’ Social Environment and Executive Functions Predict Long-term Mental Health and Feelings of Future Uncertainty Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kayla Green ◽  
Andrik Becht ◽  
Suzanne van de Groep ◽  
Renske van der Cruijsen ◽  
Sophie Sweijen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
The Future ◽  
Initial Dip

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted adolescents’ mental health (i.e. mood and life satisfaction). Some adolescents are at risk to be disproportionally hit by the pandemic due to vulnerabilities in their social environment. In the present longitudinal study, we explored adolescents’ mood trajectories throughout the pandemic, and whether vulnerabilities in the social environment (i.e. household and socioeconomic hardship) predicted adolescents’ mental health directly and indirectly through feelings of uncertainty about the future. We also investigated whether executive functions and age buffered these relationships. In total, 177 Dutch-speaking adolescents aged 10 – 18 years (Mage = 15.64, SDage = 1.72, 80% females at T1) participated in all three waves (T1= May 2020, T2 = November 2020, T3 = May 2021) of an online survey. Mood results demonstrated that feelings of vigor stabilized, after an initial dip between T1 and T2, but that feelings of tension and depression continued to increase throughout the pandemic. Higher exposure to household and socioeconomic hardship predicted negative mood and lower life satisfaction and was mediated by feelings of uncertainty about the future. Irrespective of the exposure to household and socioeconomic hardship, adolescents with better executive functions reported better mood in the aftermath of the pandemic, partially due to lower feelings of future uncertainty. However, no associations were observed with life satisfaction. These novel findings imply that adolescents’ mental health issues may outlast the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, executive functioning is a protective factor operating via feelings of future uncertainty, which makes them promising mechanistic targets for intervention.

scholarly journals Development and validation of a novel corpus of 269 verb pictures in Kannada based on an argument structure taxonomy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wasim Ahmed ◽  
P. P. Giridhar ◽  
Gopee Krishnan
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Argument Structure ◽  
Visual Complexity ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Psycholinguistic Research ◽  
Indian Language ◽  
Image Agreement ◽  
The Future ◽  
Complete Set ◽  
Development And Validation

AbstractPictorial stimuli are crucial in psycholinguistic research and clinical practice. The development of culturally and linguistically appropriate, standardized picture corpora is a tedious and meticulous process. Yet, such readily accessible picture sets are useful for researchers and clinicians alike. The current study introduces a novel set of 269 verb pictures for an Indian language – Kannada. The included verbs were selected from a published database of 100,000 words along with their frequency scores in this language, and were subsequently categorized based on an argument structure taxonomy. Each picture is developed based on an exemplar sentence that depicts a scenario rather than a mere action. Norms are provided for verb name and argument agreement, image agreement, concept familiarity, and visual complexity, along with the orthographic frequency. Correlations between these measures are also described. The complete set of pictures are freely downloadable from https://osf.io/uk2af/?view_only=ecffbd92f48546a484c869b3f0b8ec94 for academic, research, and clinical usage in the future.

Development and validation of the Dark Future scale

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Zaleski ◽  
Malgorzata Sobol-Kwapinska ◽  
Aneta Przepiorka ◽  
Michal Meisner
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Reliability Factor ◽  
The Future ◽  
Development And Validation

The purpose of studies presented in this article was to develop and validate a short version of the Future Anxiety scale. The Future Anxiety scale consists of 29 items; it measures the tendency to think about the future with anxiety and uncertainty and to anticipate disasters in the future. We developed a short form of this scale—the Dark Future scale—on a total sample of 2285 Polish adults across two studies. In Study 1, we examined the reliability and factor structure of the Future Anxiety scale. In Study 2, we cross-validated the reliability, factor structure, and validity of the Dark Future scale. The validity of the Dark Future scale was assessed based on the correlations of this instrument with the Future Negative scale, the Future Time Perspective scale, the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory, and the Carpe Diem scale.

Corpus linguistics and language testing: Navigating uncharted waters

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 555-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Egbert
Keyword(s):  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Language Testing ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Corpus Linguistic ◽  
Methodological Rigor ◽  
The Future ◽  
Corpus Data ◽  
High Standards ◽  
Linguistic Methods ◽  
Development And Validation

The use of corpora and corpus linguistic methods in language testing research is increasing at an accelerated pace. The growing body of language testing research that uses corpus linguistic data is a testament to their utility in test development and validation. Although there are many reasons to be optimistic about the future of using corpus data in language testing, the convergence of these two fields introduces uncharted waters that should be traversed carefully to ensure that high standards of methodological rigor are maintained. The objectives of this paper are as follows: (1) to describe and evaluate the ways corpora and corpus data have been used in language testing to date; and (2) to offer recommendations for best practices to encourage rigorous and appropriate corpus linguistic methods for language testing purposes. This is accomplished with the aid of examples from papers in this special issue, as well as other previous work in this area. The future holds great promise for a useful methodological synergy between corpus linguistics and language testing. The choices researchers make as they navigate the uncharted and challenging waters that lie ahead will ultimately determine whether that potential is fully realized.

scholarly journals Resiliensi Anak yang Berkonflik Dengan Hukum: Refleksi Implementasi UU. No.11 Tahun 2012 Mengenai Proses Diversi

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-221
Author(s):  
Nailatin Fauziyah
Keyword(s):  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
The Other ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Future ◽  
Life Journey ◽  
The Law ◽  
Difficult Situations

Settlement of child criminal cases using the restorative justice approach and diversion in accordance with Law No. 11 of 2012 is an important breakthrough in the development of criminal law processes in Indonesia. At the conceptual level, the implementation of the process takes into consideration the fulfillment of children's rights and has a concern for the child's future. To achieve the future the child must have the resilience to deal with difficult situations throughout his life journey. Likewise, children who are in conflict with the law, on the other hand they are perpetrators of crime and on the other hand they are victims of the surrounding social system. The results of this study indicate that Children in conflict with the law (ABH) who are resilient tend to get support from various parties so that they can get through difficult situations and face the future with confidence, but conversely with ABH who are not resilient. The results of this study are important notes to reflect back the implementation of Law No.11/2012 on restorative justice and diversion, because the diversion process undertaken by ABH does not differentiate their resilience levels. It is the strength of the protective factor that affects the differences in the resilience of ABH who undergo legal proceedings through diversion.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document