Vineland-3 Structural Validity and Interpretability of Domain Scores: Implications for Practitioners Assessing Adolescents With Developmental Conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-229
Author(s):  
Vincent Pandolfi ◽  
Caroline I. Magyar
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Behavior ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Adaptive Performance ◽  
Structural Validity ◽  
Assessment Protocol ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Multimethod Assessment ◽  
Developmental Conditions ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Domain Scores

Abstract The Vineland-3 purports to measure three dimensions of adaptive behavior, but empirical evidence pertaining to its structural validity is lacking. In this study, factor analyses were conducted on the standardization sample data for the comprehensive forms within the 11- to 20-year-old age range. Results did not support the three domain structure of the test and indicated domain scores did not add additional information about an individual's adaptive performance that was not already accounted for by the Adaptive Behavior Composite (ABC) score alone. Practitioners assessing adolescents with developmental conditions should consider using the ABC score within a multimethod assessment protocol for the various purposes of adaptive behavior assessment including the identification of intellectual disability.

scholarly journals The social desirability effect in personality assessment of drink driving offenders

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
I S Ferreira ◽  
A Maurício ◽  
P Ferrajão
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
Psychological Assessment ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Competent Authority ◽  
Driving Under The Influence ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Desirability Effect ◽  
Age Range

Abstract Background Driving under the influence of alcohol represents one of the main driving crimes and a risk to road safety and public health. In Portugal, if there are well-founded doubts about the psychological fitness to drive, the competent authority may determine a psychological assessment. The present study analyses the results in the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire - Revised (EPQ-R) in a sample with driving crimes under the influence of alcohol. Methods A sample of 76 male drivers (mean age around 43 years; age range = 26–60) underwent to a psychological assessment in the Mobility and Transports Institute, due to an official record of driving with a blood alcohol level of 1.2 g/l or more. The assessment included the EPQ-R, which examines three dimensions of personality - Psychoticism (P), Extroversion (E) and Neuroticism (N) and a Lie/Social Desirability scale (L). Results Drivers have committed around 3 crimes (range: 1–7) for drink driving in the past 10 years. Mean N (P < 0.001) and P (P < 0.001) scores were significantly lower, and mean L score (P < 0.001) was significantly higher compared to the Portuguese normative data of EPQ-R (783 men, ages between 16 and 60 years). Mean E score (P = 0.16) was not statistically different from the normative E score. Conclusions The social desirability (proneness for lying or faking good) had a significant influence on EPQ-R results, favouring dimensions that assess psychopathological functioning (N, P). Although this questionnaire is an objective method to assess personality in different normative contexts, its suitability has proved to be limited in drink driving offenders.

Color Space of Normally Sighted and Color-Deficient Observers Reconstructed from Color Naming

1996 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 311-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Galina V. Paramei
Keyword(s):  
Color Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Spherical Model ◽  
Color Discrimination ◽  
Color Naming ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Color Spaces ◽  
Experimental Procedure ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient

An experimental procedure based on the color-naming method introduced by Boynton, Schafer, and Neun (1964) was used to study the color appearance of equiluminant spectral stimuli in observers with congenital red-green color deficiencies, as well as in normal trichromats Subjects' responses (choice of one or more labels from the set red, yellow, green, blue, and white) were converted to numeric scores, which were used to estimate subjective differences between pairs of colors Individual subjects' matrices were processed by means of multidimensional scaling As in the direct rating of color dissimilarities in normal trichromats (Sokolov & Izmatlov, 1983) and color-deficient observers (Paramei Izmatlov, & Sokolov, 1991), these indirectly obtained measures yielded a color space in which three dimensions appear to be necessary and sufficient The dimensions are interpreted as evidence for red-green, blue-yellow, and achromatic (saturation) subsystems Based on the color-naming technique, three-dimensional spaces were reconstructed for the color-deficient observers These results were compared with those obtained by Helm (1964) It is argued that retaining more than one (blue-yellow) dimension in the color spaces of such observers provides additional information indicating preservation of residual red-green discrimination accompanied by finer discrimination of chroma than in normal trichromats The spherical model of color discrimination developed for normal trichromats (Izmatlov & Sokolov, 1991) is shown to be valid for color-deficient subjects as well and may be useful as a framework for differentiating protan and deutan types of color deficiency Colornaming functions, which seem not to reveal a differentiation between protans and deutans, provide results from which this differentiation can be extracted in reconstructed color spaces

Relationships Among Assessment Time, Time on Task, and Motor Skill Performance in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 338-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey M. Breslin ◽  
Mary E. Rudisill
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Total Duration ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Repeated Measure ◽  
Time On Task ◽  
Assessment Protocol ◽  
Assessment Time ◽  
Age Range

Twenty-two children (age range of 3.5–10.92 years old) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were assessed using the Test of Gross Motor Development (Second Edition; TGMD-2) using three different protocols. The total duration of assessment time and the percentage of time engaged in on-task behavior during the assessments were measured and analyzed using within-subjects repeated measure ANOVA designs to compare performance across the three protocols. Significant differences emerged across the duration of assessment time by assessment protocol, while no significant differences emerged for time on-task during the assessments by protocol used. In addition, correlations were calculated between the TGMD-2 scores and the duration of assessment time and the percentage of time on-task. An inverse relationship was found between TGMD-2 scores and total duration of assessment time by protocol used, (r = .726, .575, .686), while a positive relationship was found between the TGMD-2 scores and time on-task (r = -.570, -.535, -.798). These results suggest a direct relationship between skill proficiency and contextually appropriate behaviors.

Identifying Faults in the Variable Geometry System of a Gas Turbine Compressor

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Tsalavoutas ◽  
K. Mathioudakis ◽  
A. Stamatis ◽  
M. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Performance Model ◽  
Variable Geometry ◽  
Adaptive Performance ◽  
Performance Modelling ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Health Indices ◽  
Exit Temperature

The influence of faults in the variable geometry (variable stator vanes) system of a multistage axial compressor, on the performance of an industrial gas turbine is investigated. An experimental investigation has been conducted, by implanting such faults into an operating gas turbine. The faults examined are individual stator vane mistuning of different magnitude, and located at different stages. Fault identification is based on the aerothermodynamic measurement data and is achieved by employing two different techniques, namely adaptive performance modelling and monitoring the circumferential distribution of the turbine exit temperature. It is observed that the deviations of the health indices produced by an adaptive performance model, form patterns that can be used to identify the faults. The patterns characterize both the kind and the magnitude of the fault. On the other hand, the turbine exit temperature profile is also influenced and its change can be used as additional information, to increase the confidence level of the diagnosis (contrary to customary practice, which expects temperatures profiles to reflect only burner or turbine malfunctions).

Identifying Faults in the Variable Geometry System of a Gas Turbine Compressor

2000 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Tsalavoutas ◽  
K. Mathioudakis ◽  
A. Stamatis ◽  
M. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Performance Model ◽  
Variable Geometry ◽  
Adaptive Performance ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Health Indices ◽  
Stator Vane ◽  
Exit Temperature

The influence of faults in the variable geometry (variable stator vanes) system of a multistage axial compressor on the performance of an industrial gas turbine is investigated. An experimental investigation has been conducted, by implanting such faults into an operating gas turbine. The faults examined are individual stator vane mistunings of different magnitudes and located at different stages. Fault identification is based on the aerothermodynamic measurement data and is achieved by employing two different techniques, namely adaptive performance modeling and monitoring the circumferential distribution of the turbine exit temperature. It is observed that the deviations of the health indices produced by an adaptive performance model form patterns that can be used to identify the faults. The patterns characterize both the kind and the magnitude of the fault. On the other hand, the turbine exit temperature profile is also influenced and its change can be used as additional information, to increase the confidence level of the diagnosis (contrary to customary practice, which expects temperatures profiles to reflect only burner or turbine malfunctions).

scholarly journals Desenvolvimento de um protocolo de indicadores para avaliação nacional da capacidade de gestão da Assistência Farmacêutica na Atenção Primária à Saúde

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (78) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilia Baierle Faraco ◽  
Marina Matozo Rover ◽  
Mareni Rocha Farias ◽  
Silvana Nair Leite
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Pharmaceutical Services ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
National Database ◽  
Assessment Protocol ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Management Capacity ◽  
Survey Results

Objetivo: Descrever as etapas da adaptação de um protocolo de indicadores para a avaliação da capacidade de gestão da Assistência Farmacêutica a partir das variáveis constantes em um banco de dados nacional. Métodos: Estudo sistemático por meio da convergência de um protocolo de indicadores de avaliação da capacidade de gestão da assistência farmacêutica a nível municipal com dados oriundos da Pesquisa Nacional de Acesso, Uso e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos, para elaboração de um protocolo de indicadores de abrangência nacional. Após a adaptação e análise preliminar do protocolo, um estudo de consenso foi realizado em duas etapas: consulta com especialistas e oficina de consenso. Na sequência foi realizado um teste de aplicabilidade do protocolo de indicadores com os dados disponíveis pela pesquisa nacional. Resultados: Entre os indicadores, 17 sofreram alterações e em seis foram alteradas as fontes de coleta de dados. Devido à ausência de informações necessárias para aplicar as medidas preconizadas, 16 indicadores foram excluídos do protocolo original. Ao final, o protocolo proposto foi composto por 30 indicadores organizados em três dimensões: Organizacional, Operacional e Sustentabilidade. Conclusão: Os resultados da validação da aplicabilidade dos indicadores, com base nos dados nacionais, asseguram a sensibilidade do novo protocolo de avaliação no contexto dos serviços farmacêuticos na atenção primária. O novo protocolo permite, assim, avaliar a capacidade de gestão da Assistência Farmacêutica em municípios brasileiros sem prejuízo das premissas que sustentaram o modelo original. O protocolo viabilizará avaliações futuras, sugerindo-se a possível institucionalização destes indicadores para monitoramento contínuo da Assistência Farmacêutica no Brasil. Os resultados deste processo podem ser adotados como ponto de partida para o desenvolvimento de indicadores de capacidade de gestão dos serviços farmacêuticos também em outros países.Palavras-Chave: Avaliação em Saúde, Gestão em Saúde, Assistência Farmacêutica, PNAUM Development of a protocol of indicators for national evaluation of the management capacity of Pharmaceutical Services in Primary Health CareABSTRACTObjective: To describe the stages of adaptation of an indicator protocol for the evaluation of Pharmaceutical Services management capacity from the variables in a national database. Methods: Systematic study through the convergence of a protocol of indicators of evaluation of the management capacity of pharmaceutical services at municipal level with data from the National Survey of Access, Use and Promotion of the Rational Use of Medicines, to elaborate a protocol of indicators. nationwide. After adaptation and preliminary analysis of the protocol, a consensus study was carried out in two steps: consultation with experts and consensus workshop. Subsequently, an applicability test of the indicator protocol was performed with data available from the national survey. Results: Among the indicators, 17 suffered alterations and in six the sources of data collection were altered. Due to the lack of information necessary to implement the recommended measures, 16 indicators were excluded from the original protocol. In the end, the proposed protocol was composed of 30 indicators organized in three dimensions: Organizational, Operational and Sustainability. Conclusions: The results of validating the applicability of the indicators, based on national data, ensure the sensitivity of the new assessment protocol in the context of pharmaceutical services in primary care. Thus, the new protocol allows us to evaluate the Pharmaceutical Services management capacity in Brazilian municipalities, without prejudice to the assumptions that supported the original model. The protocol will enable future evaluations, suggesting the possible institutionalization of these indicators for continuous monitoring of Pharmaceutical Services in Brazil. The results of this process can be taken as a starting point for the development of pharmaceutical services management capacity indicators also in other countries.KEYWORDS: Health Evaluation, Health Management, Pharmaceutical Services, PNAUM

Burnout prevalence in medical and radiation oncologists at British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA).

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 6071-6071
Author(s):  
Catherine A. Fitzgerald ◽  
Lyly H. Le ◽  
David W. Petrik ◽  
Kevin C. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Personal Accomplishment ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Similar Response ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Full Time Equivalent ◽  
Radiation Oncologists ◽  
Cancer Agency ◽  
Age Range

6071 Background: Burnout, reported to affect 30-60% of oncology workers, is a syndrome of psychological distress typically manifesting in three dimensions: Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Depersonalization (DP) and Low Personal Accomplishment (PA). Causal factors include workload, dealing with terminally ill patients and difficulties maintaining a balance between professional and personal life. As workload rises due to increased complexity of therapy and increasing prevalence of cancer patients, burnout may increase, especially in times of financial constraint. We sought to determine the prevalence of burnout in medical and radiation oncologists working at BCCA, which provides all radiation and the majority of medical oncology services to BC’s 4.5 million people. Methods: In March 2011, BCCA oncologists were invited to participate in a confidential online survey consisting of basic demographics and the 22 item MasLach Burnout Inventory (MBI) instrument, the latter a validated tool measuring distress in the three main dimensions of burnout. Normative data for physicians were used to interpret the results. Results: Response rate was 59%, female:male 40:60% with similar response rates for medical and radiation oncology (60 v 59%). Of the 73 who indicated their age range, 34 (47%) were between 35 and 44 years old. Respondents indicated that they had considered reducing their Full Time Equivalent (FTE) (67%) or leaving BC (46%). In those with at least 2 scores at a severe level, these rates were 76% and 71% respectively. Conclusions: Over 60% of responding BCCA oncologists report burnout in at least one domain of the MBI tool. Many have considered leaving the province or reducing their hours. These data are consistent with Grunfeld’s survey of Ontario oncologists (CMAJ 2000), although the rate of burnout is higher in this survey. Further research into ways to lessen burnout in oncology is urgently needed. [Table: see text]

Educators in a Milieu of Maratabat Culture: Its Implication to Teaching Performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
ROLANDO C. CUIZON ◽  
GAUDENCIO M. ALAYA-AY, JR.
Keyword(s):  
School Administrators ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Social Position ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Teaching Performance ◽  
Outreach Programs ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Social Coercion

Maratabat is a Muslim Maranao term which means family honor. It is the wellspring of family values and their inspiration to improve economic status to the point of endangering lives of family members. The study aimed at finding the influence of Maratabat culture on the teaching performance of teachers in Pantao Ragat District, Lanao del Norte Division during SY 2012-2013. Specifically, this study explored the respondents’ level of awareness on Maratabat in the dimensions of ideology, social position, and social coercion. The research method was descriptive using adapted standardized questionnaire. Data from survey were analyzed using frequency count, percentage, mean, and Pearson Moment of Correlation. The study found more than one-half of the respondents in the age range of 51 to 60 years old and in service for more than 20 years, all are female, and majority are married. The respondents are very aware of the three dimensions of Maratabat; the Ideology, Social Position and Social Coercion. The study concludes that Maratabat has an influence on their teaching performance. It is recommended to teachers to integrate Maratabat values in class and to school administrators to initiate outreach programs which are aimed to increase positive Maratabat values of the community.Keywords: Social Sciences, Maratabat, descriptive research, Lanao del Norte, Philippines

Postpartum Mental Illness: Perspectives from an Arabian Gulf Population

2009 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafia Ghubash ◽  
Valsamma Eapen
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Postnatal Depression ◽  
Arabian Gulf ◽  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Psychological Issue ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Age Range

There is growing awareness of the importance of mental health issues in the perinatal period in Western societies, but very little information is available from Muslim and Arab countries. Qualitative information gathered using focus group discussions of women of childbearing age is presented along with additional information obtained from key informant interviews with grandmothers, husbands, and health care professionals in the United Arab Emirates. The participants were women attending a public sector clinic in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, and a private clinic in Dubai on a particular day. There were 19 women in the age range 17 to 46 years ( M age = 29 yr.). The majority of the women who took part in the study did not recognize postnatal depression as a psychological issue but considered the problems a result of “evil eye” or “Jinn.” The present findings suggest the need for initiating awareness programs among women and training of health professionals on the detection and management of postnatal depression.

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