scholarly journals Development and Validation of the Social Thermoregulation and Risk Avoidance Questionnaire (STRAQ-1)

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Rodrigo C. Vergara ◽  
Cristobal Hernández ◽  
Francisco Jaume-Guazzini ◽  
Siegwart Lindenberg ◽  
Richard A. Klein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Avoidance ◽  
Social Thermoregulation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development And Validation

scholarly journals Development and Validation of the Social Thermoregulation and Risk Avoidance Questionnaire (STRAQ-1)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Clemente Vergara ◽  
Cristobal Hernández ◽  
Francisco Jaume-Guazzini ◽  
Siegwart Lindenberg ◽  
Richard Anthony Klein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Risk Avoidance ◽  
Social Thermoregulation ◽  
Robust Solution ◽  
The Social ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analyses ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Development And Validation

Attachment theory was built around the idea that infants rely on others to survive, and often, forgotten, that survival hinged on coping with environmental demands. Adult attachment reports have instead been organized around people’s subjective experience of safety and security in relationships. To resolve the gap between infant’s physical needs and adult attachment experiences, we made a first step, by developing the Social Thermoregulation and Risk Avoidance Questionnaire (STRAQ-1) in 12 countries (N=1510), providing a complementary measure to identify biological drives formative to attachment. We conjectured that co-regulatory patterns of temperature and stress are foundational to attachment styles and on this basis used a naïve bootstrapping method to find a robust solution, conducting seven exploratory factor analyses in an exploratory-confirmatory fashion. We identified 23 (out of 57) items in 4 subscales: Social Thermoregulation (Total Omega =.83), High Temperature Sensitivity (.83), Solitary Thermoregulation (.77), and Risk Avoidance (.57). In terms of external validity, we also found that the STRAQ-1 relates to emotion regulation strategies broadly and, importantly, relates to individual differences in attachment specifically, which in turn mediates the relationship with stress and health (making the scale face valid). Our approach provides a robust first effort in identifying biological mechanisms underlying attachment formation.

scholarly journals The Development and Validation of the Social Enterprise of Science Index (SESI): An Instrument to Measure Grasp of the Social-Institutional Aspects of Science

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402110164
Author(s):  
Joanna K. Huxster ◽  
Matthew H. Slater ◽  
Asheley R. Landrum
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Scientific Enterprise ◽  
Science Index ◽  
The Social ◽  
Valid Instrument ◽  
Development And Validation

Significant gaps remain between public opinion and the scientific consensus on many issues. We present the results of three studies ( N = 722 in total) for the development and testing of a novel instrument to measure a largely unmeasured aspect of scientific literacy: the enterprise of science, particularly in the context of its social structures. We posit that this understanding of the scientific enterprise is an important source for the public’s trust in science. Our results indicate that the Social Enterprise of Science Index (SESI) is a reliable and valid instrument that correlates positively with trust in science ( r = .256, p < .001), and level of education ( r = .245, p < .001). We also develop and validate a six question short version of the SESI for ease of use in longer surveys.

Measuring Intent to Aid of Lay Responders: Survey Development and Validation

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 730-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Miller ◽  
Jeffrey L. Pellegrino
Keyword(s):  
Sudden Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Affective Domain ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
American Red Cross ◽  
Statistical Validation ◽  
Expert Review ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Intent To Use ◽  
Development And Validation

Background. Increasing lay responder cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator use during sudden cardiac arrest depends on an individual’s choice. Investigators designed and piloted an instrument to measure the affective domain of helping behaviors by applying the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to better understand lay responders’ intent to use lifesaving skills. Method. Questionnaire items were compiled into 10 behavioral domains informed by the TPB constructs followed by refinement via piloting and expert review. Two samples from an American Red Cross–trained lay-responder population ( N = 4,979) provided data for an exploratory (EFA, n = 235) and confirmatory (CFA, n = 198) factor analyses. EFA derived interitem relationships into factors and affective subscales. CFA yielded statistical validation of factors and subscales. Results. The EFA identified four factors, aligned with the TPB constructs of attitudes, norms, confidence, and intention to act to explain 57% of interitem variance. The internal consistency of factor-derived subscales ranged between 0.71 and 0.91. Reduction of instrument items went from 47 to 32 (32%). The CFA yielded good model fit with the switching of the legal ramification item from the social norm to intention construct. Conclusion. The Intent to Aid (I2A) survey derived from this investigation aligned with the constructs of the TPB yielding four subscales. The I2A allows health education researchers to differentiate modalities and content impact on learner intention to act in a first aid (FA) emergency. I2A compliments cognitive and psychomotor measurements of learning outcomes. The experimental instrument aims to allow curricula developers and program evaluators a means of assessing the affective domain of human learning regarding intention-to-act in an FA emergency. In combination of with assessment of functional knowledge and essential skills, this instrument may provide curricula developers and health educators an avenue to better describe intention to act in an FA emergency.

Development and Validation of the Social Media Self-Esteem Scale for Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Devanshi Sudhindar Rao ◽  
Aneesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
The Social ◽  
Personal Use ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Looking Glass ◽  
Overall Reliability

Development of the self is a vital aspect during the period of adolescence. Interaction with peers contributes to the development of various aspects of self. Due to the technological advances in today's times, adolescents interact with their peers through social media sites and portals. It is essential to study this development in light of the increasing use of social media by adolescence. Thus, the study aimed at developing an item pool to tap the construct of social media influencing self-esteem of adolescents following the procedure of tool construction. Participants included adolescents ranging between 16 to 18 years of age, who have at least one social media account for personal use. There were 110 participants for the first phase and 397 participants for the second phase of the study. The scale has eight items with the overall reliability of .7. It indicates a fitting measure of self-esteem influenced by social media, with looking-glass self theory, according to which individuals develop their self, based on their perceptions of others responses to their behaviour.

scholarly journals Automated extraction of treatment patterns from social media posts: an exploratory analysis in renal cell carcinoma

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (31) ◽  
pp. 3587-3596
Author(s):  
Sreeram V Ramagopalan ◽  
Bill Malcolm ◽  
Evie Merinopoulou ◽  
Laura McDonald ◽  
Andrew Cox
Keyword(s):  
Renal Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Renal Cell ◽  
Treatment Patterns ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Further Development

Aim: The use of health-related social media forums by patients is increasing and the size of these forums creates a rich record of patient opinions and experiences, including treatment histories. This study aimed to understand the possibility of extracting treatment patterns in an automated manner for patients with renal cell carcinoma, using natural language processing, rule-based decisions, and machine learning. Patients & methods: Obtained results were compared with those from published observational studies. Results: 42 comparisons across seven therapies, three lines of treatment, and two-time periods were made; 37 of the social media estimates fell within the variation seen across the published studies. Conclusion: This exploratory work shows that estimating treatment patterns from social media is possible and generates results within the variation seen in published studies, although further development and validation of the approach is needed.

The development and validation of a Multitarget Affective Commitment Scale

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Schoemmel ◽  
Thomas Skriver Jønsson ◽  
Hans-Jeppe Jeppesen
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analyses ◽  
Data Collections ◽  
Recent Theoretical Development ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

Purpose – In order to contribute to the understanding of affective commitment towards distinct workplace targets, the purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a Multitarget Affective Commitment Scale (MACS) through two data collections. The MACS uses similarly worded items for distinct targets and reflects the most recent theoretical development of affective commitment. Design/methodology/approach – In the first data collection, items from previous commitment scales were tested through the social network service Facebook (n=305). The second data collection was conducted in the healthcare system of Denmark (n=496) using survey questionnaires. Findings – In Study 1, exploratory factor analyses were conducted to reduce the items based on the Facebook data. In Study 2, the authors confirm the findings of Study 1 and further reduce the items based on the healthcare sample. The healthcare sample is also used in Study 3, where the authors validate the MACS by investigating its relationship with predictors, correlates, and outcomes. Originality/value – The results suggest that the MACS are a reliable and valid measure of affective commitment compatible with the diverse targets to which affective commitment often occurs. Consequently, the MACS is applicable for research investigating multiply affective commitments, thereby advancing the understanding of interactions between affective commitments and diverse targets, among other applications.

Preliminary Development and Validation of the Social and Emotional Health Survey for Secondary School Students

2013 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 1011-1032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Furlong ◽  
Sukkyung You ◽  
Tyler L. Renshaw ◽  
Douglas C. Smith ◽  
Meagan D. O’Malley
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development And Validation
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