Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents A critical review Katie Waghorn West Virginia University March 14‚ 2014 Author’s Note This paper was prepared for COUN 505 taught by Dr. Tina Walsh Introduction Resilience is a complex construct with many definitions. Most frequently‚ resilience can be defined as one’s ability to “bounce back” from an adverse situation. It is “interactive and contextual” (Prince-Embury & Saklofske‚ 2013‚ pg.19). However‚ some believe resiliency
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4 PRINCIPAL OF QUALITATIVE CHARACTERISTIC Understandability An essential quality of the information provided in financial statements is that it is readily understandable by users. For this purpose‚ users are assumed to have a reasonable knowledge of business and economic activities and accounting and a willingness to study the information with reasonable diligence. However‚ information about complex matters that should be included in the financial statements because of its relevance to the economic
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Written Reflection on Reliability and Validity July 24‚ 2014 Written Reflection on Reliability and Validity Educational and psychological testing assessments are one of the most important roles therapists have. The correct use and understanding of tests can provide aid‚ benefit‚ and change the life of examinees. However‚ incorrect use of instrument tools and lack of knowledge pertaining to test development‚ interpretation and improper use of tools can also damage lives. As counselors‚ we must
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Varied Selection Tools By: BAP Fashions PSYCH/705 September 15‚ 2014 University of Phoenix The Employee Selection Process Many of organizations today use a variety of techniques for collecting evidence and data about applicants. Methods such as‚ interviews‚ personality tests‚ ability tests‚ assessment centers‚ physical tests can be used to classify if applicants are suitable or unsuitable for the job and the company’s culture. According to Schultz and Schultz (2010)‚ hiring decisions usually
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Limitations of the ASI are that it drops in reliability when administered beyond the face-to-face method‚ the ASI-MV assumes that the respondent has a predetermined reading comprehension level‚ the wording around having issues in families is vague and alludes to it not being normal to have family conflicts
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Personal Profile Inventory (GPPI) is a personality test that measures the eight traits of the personality of an individual. GPP-I is developed by Leonord V. Gordon and is seen to have reliability and validity which is very important for any psychological test. GPP-I has internal consistency‚ test-retest reliability co-efficient higher than 0.80 and construct validity. GPP-I is suitable for almost all people since it contains norms that are compatible for high school students‚ college students‚ adults
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The 6MWT is more reliable‚ valid and highly reproducible in patients with symptoms of HF. It is the first report‚ on a large number of patients with HF‚ on the reliability‚ validity‚ and responsiveness of the 6MWT. This simple tool is highly reliable when performed twice within a 5-day period: (Demers et al‚ 2001). Test-retest reliability (Focht et al.‚ 2005; Marmon et al.‚2012;) has been reported as high‚ with an ICC of 0.90 at baseline‚ 0.88 at 18 weeks‚ and 0.91 at 43 weeks in a cohort of patients
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attribute for time poor consumers. Berry‚ Seiders and Grewal (2002) proposed that convenience can be measured as a five dimensional construct comprising decision‚ access‚ transaction‚ benefit‚ and post-benefit. This paper examines the empirical reliability and validity of Berry et al’s five dimensions within one service setting. The results of a survey with 443 service consumers found that the five measures were all reliable (i.e. an alpha of above .60) and discriminate validity held (correlations
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Bekele Gebretsadik Professor Aaron Carlson ESL 41‚ Assignment Final Draft Date Mar‚ 09‚ 2013 Definition Essay A good neighbor is someone who respects other people and helps them if necessary. In my opinion‚ good neighbors are rare and some people do not even know who their neighbors are. First of all‚ a good neighbor is not noisy and they do not ask you personal questions. In addition‚ they do not make a lot of noise when you want to relax
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Chapter 3 Research Methodology Introduction This chapter will illustrate the steps used to examining and testing the research problems. This chapter is enclosed with research design‚ sampling‚ questionnaire design and data collection method. Type of Study Correlational study had been explored in this study. This study was performed focusing on the consumers that have environmental knowledge in Penang. In order to predict the relationship among the attitude‚ product knowledge‚ and promotion strategies
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