Retrospective Comparison of Quick Test IQS of New Admissions and a Random Sample of Patients in a Maximum Security Mental Hospital

1980 ◽  
Vol 46 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1175-1178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail C. Randolph ◽  
John J. Randolph ◽  
Bryan A. Ciula ◽  
John Padget ◽  
Daniel Cuneo
Keyword(s):  
Random Sample ◽  
Intellectual Ability ◽  
Quick Test ◽  
Maximum Security ◽  
Retrospective Comparison ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
Screening Device ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Efficient Screening

Quick Test IQs were compared for a sample of 73 newly admitted male patients and a random sample of 50 male patients in a maximum security psychiatric population. There appeared to be no difference between these two samples. Given the high degree of correlation between the WAIS and the Quick Test for this population, the Quick Test may be used as an efficient screening device for intellectual ability.

scholarly journals FEELING OF HAPPINESS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN CARING HOMES AT KHARTOUM STATE

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (07) ◽  
pp. 259-268
Author(s):  
Elshafa Mahmoud Mohamed ABUHASSABOU
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
T Test ◽  
Pearson Coefficient ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
High Degree

The study aimed to Know the feeling of happiness in elderly in lodging house in Khartoum state, the researcher took a random sample consist of (35) of the elderly (23) male, (12) female, from elderly loging house in Bahir and elderly loging house in Alsajanh, researcher used the scale of true happiness which prepared by Americam Psychologists Martin Seligman, and Christopher Terson,the researcher used the Statisical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for arange of tests, namely: One Sample (T) Test - Two Samples (T) Test independent - (f) for the anaysis of variance - Pearson coefficient corrlation test - Cronbachs alpha test - Spearman and Brown test . The recearul arrived 1- Elderly does not enjoy a high degree of feeling of happiness in lodging house . 2- There is no statistically significant differences in the level of the feeling of happiness in the eldely in lodging houses according to marital status. 3- There is no statistically significant differences in the level of feeling of happiness according to the variable of Gender (male - female).

Orientations to Child Management: A Comparison of Teacher-Counsellors and High School Principals with Regard to Child versus Institutional Advocacy

1987 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 131-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.R.L. Dawes ◽  
D.R. Donald
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Principals ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Child Management ◽  
Cape Peninsula ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Institutional Advocacy ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Degree Of Similarity

Twenty teacher-counsellors and twenty principals from a socio-economic spectrum of white co-educational high schools in the Cape Peninsula participated in the study. A repertory grid comprising a set of child management situations to which subjects were required to respond in terms of a series of bipolar constructs reflecting child-centred or institutionally orientated problem-solving action was used. Consensus grids were compiled from the two samples in order to describe their responses and the two consensus grids were correlated in order to assess their degree of similarity. Results showed a high degree of consistency between the two samples in their likely management of problems. Further, teacher-counsellors were shown to be unlikely to act consistently as child advocates. Reasons for these findings are discussed with reference to possible structural constraints on the teacher- counsellor's role.

scholarly journals Patients in Broadmoor Hospital from the South Western region: an audit of transfer procedures

1991 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanette Smith ◽  
Martin Donovan ◽  
Harvey Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
Home Office ◽  
Mentally Disordered ◽  
The Public ◽  
Maximum Security ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
Transfer Procedures ◽  
Special Hospital ◽  
Special Hospitals

Broadmoor Hospital is one of the three special hospitals covering England and Wales. It provides approximately 500 beds for mentally disordered patients who on account of their dangerous, violent or criminal propensities constitute a grave and immediate danger to the public, requiring treatment in conditions of special security (Section 4, National Health Service Act, 1977). It is generally recognised, however, that there are patients in special hospitals no longer requiring treatment in conditions of maximum security. These patients could probably be more appropriately cared for elsewhere if the facilities existed in general psychiatric hospitals or the community. However, special hospital consultants frequently encounter significant obstacles when attempting to transfer patients to local hospitals. Dell (1980) highlighted this problem, suggesting that 16% of special hospital patients were waiting to leave, following the agreement of the DHSS and the Home Office to their transfer. This delay appeared to be due to hospitals not wanting to accept patients who might prove to be difficult or dangerous. At the time of this current study (March 1990) these difficulties in transferring patients were particularly relevant as two of the special hospitals, Broadmoor and Ashworth (Park Lane and Moss Side) were full for male patients and therefore closed to male admissions, despite a continuing demand for beds.

Quick Test Validation Study and Examination of Form Equivalency

1967 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 735-739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard R. Abidin ◽  
Alfred V. Byrne
Keyword(s):  
Full Scale ◽  
Test Validation ◽  
General Intelligence ◽  
Significant Gain ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Quick Test ◽  
Psychology Service ◽  
Screening Device ◽  
Mixed Groups ◽  
Brief Screening

Two groups (organic and functional) of 32 patients each, seen at the Wilford Hall USAF Hospital, Psychology Service, were given both the Quick Test and the full WAIS. Correlations between each form of the Quick Test and both scaled scores and IQs on the WAIS were obtained. The correlations suggest that the QT and the Verbal section of the WAIS tap similar abilities. Further, the QT possesses sufficient relationship to the WAIS Full Scale IQ to justify its use as a brief screening device as a measurement of general intelligence. Regression analyses indicated that no significant gain in predictive validity is obtained by the administration of all forms of the QT and that for functional and mixed groups Form 2 of the QT is the best predictor of WAIS Full Scale IQs. Some data which question the form equivalence of the QT are presented.

Comparative Study of Validity of the Wais and Quick Test as Predictors of Functioning Intelligence in a Psychiatric Facility

1978 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 971-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan A. Ciula ◽  
John J. Cody
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Intellectual Functioning ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Psychiatric Facility ◽  
Quick Test ◽  
Maximum Security ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
External Measure

Data describe the relationship of the WAIS and the Quick Test to an external measure of intellectual functioning in a group of 50 psychiatric patients in maximum security. Also examined were the relationships between the two tests. The Verbal and Full Scale WAIS IQs and Quick Test IQs were statistically comparable for this adult sample.

Relation of Color Responses on the Rorschach to Qualitative Scores on the Porteus Maze Test

1965 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-62
Author(s):  
Richard C. Labarba
Keyword(s):  
Random Sample ◽  
State Hospital ◽  
White Male ◽  
Acting Out ◽  
Rorschach Test ◽  
Maze Test ◽  
History Of ◽  
Male Patients

Qualitative scores on the Porteus Maze Test have been claimed to differentiate delinquents and non-delinquents and criminals and non-criminals, to indicate impulsivity and acting-out tendencies. Such characteristics are also claimed to be described and predicted by the use of color responses on the Rorschach test. Both tests were administered to a random sample of 15 white male patients in a state hospital, who ranged in age from 16 to 50. No significant correlations between qualitative scores on the Porteus and Rorschach responses were obtained. Porteus scores differentiated those Ss with a history of acting out or arrests more accurately than did Rorschach color responses.

scholarly journals Measuring Growth Mindset: A Validation of a Three-item Scale and a Single-item Scale in Youth and Adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatrice Rammstedt ◽  
David Joachim Grüning ◽  
Clemens M. Lechner
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Growth Mindset ◽  
Intellectual Ability ◽  
Single Item ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Adolescents And Adults ◽  
Item Scale

A growth mindset is the belief that personal characteristics, specifically intellectual ability, are malleable and can be developed by investing time and effort. In recent decades, numerous studies have investigated the associations between growth mindset and academic achievement, and large intervention programs have been established to train adolescents to develop a stronger growth mindset. However, methodological research on the adequacy of the measures used to assess growth mindset is scarce. In our study, we conducted one of the first comprehensive assessments of the psychometric properties (especially structural and external validity, reliability, and measurement invariance across age groups) of Dweck’s widely used three-item Growth Mindset Scale in two samples: adolescents (age 14–19 years) and adults (age 20–64 years). Furthermore, we identified and validated a single-item measure to assess growth mindset in research settings with severe time constraints. Our results show that both the short (three-item) and ultra-short (single-item) scales have acceptable psychometric properties. However, associations with sociodemographic characteristics, personality characteristics, and achievement outcomes were generally small in the present samples. Further, we empirically demonstrated the comparability (i.e., measurement invariance) of the scales across adolescents and adults. Our findings can serve as a benchmark for future studies on growth mindset.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF ASPHALTENES FROM THREE OFFSHORE BRAZILIAN BIODEGRADED HEAVY OILS

Química Nova ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hemmely Severino ◽  
Christiane Pinto ◽  
André Spigolon ◽  
Carlos Mello ◽  
Tais Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Structural Data ◽  
Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Aliphatic Chain ◽  
Heavy Oils ◽  
H Nmr ◽  
Polar Groups ◽  
Composition And Structure ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
High Degree

Asphaltenes fractions were extracted and purified from three heavy Brazilian oils. Their mass compositions of C, H, N, Ni and V were obtained from elemental analysis and S and O atomic percentages from EDS. The H/C ratios showed high degree of unsaturation, while the O atomic percentages indicated more pronounced biodegradation effects on two samples. Quantitative data on N, Ni, and V and semi-quantitative data on S were related to oils origins. The structural data of asphaltenes were explored by combining Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1 H NMR). The oil with the lower degree of biodegradation contained asphaltenes with a lower level of condensed aromatic rings and longer aliphatic chain substituents. The asphaltenes obtained from the two most biodegraded oils showed similarities of polar groups and the presence of carboxylic functions, as well as lower contents of aliphatic substituents. The quality and quantity of occluded hydrocarbons were assessed after the mild oxidation of the separated asphaltenes fractions. It was suggested that the severe biodegradation which altered these structures may also be responsible to affect their occluded hydrocarbons.

scholarly journals General Supervisor at the National Institute for Educational Professional Development (NIEPD)

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (15) ◽  
pp. 50-82
Author(s):  
د. إلهام إبراهيم فوزان الفوزان د. إلهام إبراهيم فوزان الفوزان
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Arithmetic Mean ◽  
Guidance Control ◽  
Real Application ◽  
Riyadh City ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Survey Approach ◽  
Educational Professional

this study aimed to recognize the reality of the re-engineering of administrative processes in the offices of education In Riyadh city and the obstacles which prevent their real application and to find statistically significant differences between the average responses of the sample of the study . The researchers used the descriptive survey approach in their study and applied the study to all the directors and assistants of the offices of education for girls in Riyadh, and a random sample of the heads of units and educational supervisors. The number of members of the sample of the study were (236) from the original society. The researchers used the questionnaire as the tool of collecting data. The study had a number of results which were: The reality of re-engineering administrative processes in the dimensions (planning, organization, guidance, control) achieved to a medium degree with the arithmetic mean at (2.85), and the obstacles to the re-engineering of administrative processes achieved to a high degree with the arithmetic mean at (3.81), there were no statistically significant differences between the responses of the sample study to the reality of re-engineering administrative processes and the obstacles that limit their application due to the different scientific qualifications but there were statistically significant differences between the responses of the sample study to the re-engineering of administrative processes and the obstacles that limit their application due to different job and years of experience.

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