Search for dissertations about: "psychometric properties of a test instrument"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words psychometric properties of a test instrument.

2. 1. Motivational aspects of test-taking : measuring test-taking motivation in Swedish national test contexts

   Author : Eva Knekta; Hanna Eklöf; Anna Sundström; Rolf Vegar Olsen; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Test-taking motivation; Swedish national tests; validity; expectancy-value theory; task value; expectancies; young adolescents; self-report instrument; interview; structural equation modelling; test stakes; didactics of educational measurement; beteendevetenskapliga mätningar;

   Abstract : The overall aim of the work underlying this thesis was to improve the understanding of students’ test-taking motivation in connection to achievement tests for young adolescents. The thesis includes four studies and a summary. All four studies explore test-taking motivation and are all connected to validity in one way of another. READ MORE

4. 2. Radiographers’ Professional Competence : Development of a context-specific instrument

   Author : Bodil T. Andersson; Bengt Fridlund; Anders Broström; Lennart Christensson; Kerstin Öhrling; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Professional competence; Radiographer perspective; Patient perspective; Nursing; Radiography; Instrument development; Self-assessment; Psychometric evaluation; RCS;

   Abstract : Aims: The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and describe radiographers‟ professional competence based on patients‟ and radiographers‟ experiences and to develop a context-specific instrument to assess the level and frequency of use of radiographers‟ professional competence.Methods: The design was inductive and deductive. READ MORE

5. 3. Psychometric studies of the Swedish version of the Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD) instrument

   Author : Josefine Börjesson; Helene Ybrandt; Bengt-Åke Armelius; Anders Tengström; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ADAD; validity; reliability; assessment; psychometric; severity index; composite score; normal; antisocial adolescents; psychological health;

   Abstract : This thesis describes studies into the psychometric properties of a Swedish language version of the Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD) instrument. The psychometric properties of this instrument have been examined in two previous studies: an American study was conducted by the developers of the interview, Friedman and Utada (1989), and a Swiss study was undertaken by Bolognini et al. READ MORE

6. 4. Illness Management and Recovery : Implementation and evaluation of a psychosocial program for schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder

   Author : Rickard Färdig; Anders Fredriksson; Lewander Tommy; Lennart Melin; Lars Hansson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; illness management and recovery; IMR; recovery; schizophrenia; schizoaffective; evidence-based; psychosocial; intervention outcome; neurocognition; remission; IMRS; psychometric properties; reliability; validity; Medical Science; Medicinsk vetenskap;

   Abstract : The aim of the present thesis was to examine the effectiveness of the Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) program for teaching clients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder to better manage their illness and to promote recovery. This was accomplished through an examination of the program’s effects on psychosocial functioning and psychopathology, the evaluation of general and specific impact of neurocognition on learning the fundamentals of illness self-management, and the impact of symptom severity on outcome of the IMR program. READ MORE

7. 5. Postoperative recovery in daysurgery : Evaluation of psychometric properties and clinical usefulness of a questionnaire in day surgery

   Author : Katarina Berg; Mitra Unosson; Ewa Idvall; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Background: Day surgery has increased during recent decades in many countries and represents approximately 50% of surgical procedures performed in Sweden. Day surgery implies that the patient is admitted and operated on during the same day and discharged without an overnight stay at the surgery unit. READ MORE