Social Desirability Construct of Substance Abuse Reporting Rae Sherk Ashford University PSY 326 Dr. Gary Boyles July 1‚ 2013 Social Desirability Construct of Substance Abuse Reporting I. Introduction Drug addiction is a disease with serious consequences. The causes of drug addiction can be complex. Risk factors include family disposition‚ neighborhood‚ and social acquaintances. The intended results are the ultimate high‚ euphoria‚ and numbness drugs
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meta-analysis will show the statistics of a correlation or measure of effect size representing all the subjects of a topic (Yin & Fan‚ 2009). The content validity (degree in which items are represented on the test that is to be measured) of the BDI because the test was designed by clinicians‚ using depressive symptoms from patients. "Concurrent validity is seen when a measure occurs consistently among existing standards" (Van Wagner‚
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is so necessary‚ and‚ the way of reach this information is questionnaire and results can be useful in in rehabilitation and follow-up rehabilitation therapy in the evaluation phase. Materials and Methods: In this analytical-descriptive study‚ validity and reliability of two questionnaires‚ ABC-P and FES-I Pesian vergen‚ was evaluated in elderly with stroke crow. People (N=150) with stroke greater than 6 months ago‚ between the ages of 60 to 94 years and able to walk with or without assistance
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relationship between human sexual selection and reproductive success as it supports the intra-sexual selection explanation of that men look for certain traits in order to ensure reproductive success. By supporting the theory‚ this increased its internal validity. (P) There is a second piece of supporting empirical evidence by
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many perspectives with different potential threats‚ therefore increasing its validity. This chapter explores the case study‚ rationalising the sapmling and research methods utilised for data collection which here: semi-structered interviews‚ questionairres‚ participant observation and document analysis. The remainder of the chapter then discusses the techniques employed in the data analysis And discusses the validity and reliability of the study. 1.1. Research paradigms: Qualitative vs Quantitative
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History of Myer Briggs The Myers Briggs was first published in 1943 by mother‚ Katharine Cook Briggs‚ and daughter‚ Isabel Briggs Myers (Lloyd‚ 2012). Katharine Briggs began extensive research on personality type theory upon the meeting of Isabel Briggs Myers‚ husband‚ Clarence Myers. Katharine became intrigued with Clarence’s perception of how he viewed the world and her family. This fascination led Katharine to begin a study on the literature view of understanding different temperaments (Lloyd
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Validity The discussion of validity in the manual focuses mainly on the literature that supports the foundations and assumptions of the PSI-4‚ as well as the specific subscales. Abidin (2012) provides a brief review of the literature that used the PSI-4. The covered topics include anxiety and parenting‚ at-risk children‚ attachment‚ ADHD‚ child abuse‚ family‚ forensic contexts‚ parent–child interaction/observed behavior‚ premature termination/medical treatment adherence‚ social support‚ substance
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characteristics has been assessed. This study performed by a group of Dutch Occupational Medical researchers (Saane et al.‚ 2003)‚ offers a systematic review of 29 different instruments used to measure job satisfaction on their internal consistency‚ construct validity and responsiveness. Additionally‚ a total of eleven categorized work factors were considered to represent the content of job satisfaction‚ namely work content‚ autonomy‚ growth/development‚ financial rewards‚ promotion‚ supervision‚ communication
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parents‚ people that wait for a year until they have their child‚ also they came up with a statistic about that the 80% of the child that receive abuse‚ are because of their parents. Validity of argumentation Pro They always mention a lot of arguments‚ saying from where they take it out‚ so we can say that the validity in terms of veracity are good. In spite of this my opinion is that some of the arguments that they say as “the 80% of the child that receive abuse are from their biological parents”
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intelligence is significantly related to transformational and other leadership behaviors. Results indicated a validity estimate of .59 when ratings of both emotional intelligence and leadership behaviors were provided by the same source (self‚ subordinates‚ peers‚ or superiors). However‚ when ratings of the constructs were derived from different sources‚ the validity estimate was .12. Lower validity estimates were found for transactional and leadership behaviors. Separate analyses were performed for each
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