Search for dissertations about: "psychometric scale development"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 44 swedish dissertations containing the words psychometric scale development.

2. 1. 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

4. 2. Fibromyalgia and self-regulatory patterns : development, maintenance or recovery in women

   Author : Kerstin Wentz; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Fibromyalgia; Psychometric instruments; Dissociation; Repression; Self-loading; Self-regulation; Recovery; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Fibromyalgi - psykologiska aspekter; Fibromyalgia; Self Concept; pain; self-loading; self-regulation; interviews;

   Abstract : Aims: The overall aim of this thesis was to elucidate psychological processes and development, maintenance or recovery related to fibromyalgia based on in depth interviews. In a next step women with fibromyalgia, women without long-lasting pain and women with long-lasting pain were compared using psychometric instruments selected or developed based on qualitative results. READ MORE

5. 3. PSYCHO-PEDAGOGICAL WORK AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS IN COMMUNITY-BASED ACCOMMODATION. Development and psychometric testing of the Environmental Rating Scale Questionnaire (ERS-Q) for assessment of residential programmes

   Author : Marie Hübel; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Reliability; Pedagogical strategies; Collaboration; Staff; Community-based accommodation; Quality of Life; Pedagogical work; Validity; Psychometric measurement; Assessment; Environmental Rating Scale ERS ; ERS-Q; TEACCH; Autism Spectrum Disorders;

   Abstract : The increased prevalence of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) challenges society to evaluate the quality and efficacy of community based psycho-pedagogical programmes in order to achieve progress and to attain an acceptable level of quality of life for its citizens. The overarching aim of this thesis was to gain knowledge about staff’s pedagogical work and to provide a method for assessment of the quality of residential programmes for individuals with ASD in community-based accommodation. READ MORE

6. 4. Coping strategies and health-related quality of life in persons with traumatic spinal cord lesion

   Author : Magnus Lundgren Elfström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : spinal cord injuries; scale development; coping behaviour; distress; mental health; quality of life; psychometrics; validation; cross-sectional;

   Abstract : Aims: The overall aims of the thesis were to investigate coping strategies employed by persons with traumatic spinal cord lesion (SCL) to cope with the lesion and its consequences, and to study the relations between coping strategies and health-related quality of life (HRQL). Further, specific contributions to SCL-related scale development were given. READ MORE

7. 5. Children born preterm : A 19-year perspective

   Author : Eva Tideman; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Development psychology; Psychology; quality of life; self-esteem; mental health; somatic health; mother-child relation; scholastic performance; cognitive development; Preterm children; long-term follow-up; Pediatrics; Psykologi; Utvecklingspsykologi; Pediatri;

   Abstract : In this longitudinal, prospective study, 39 preterm children, consecutively born before 35 weeks of completed gestation and 23 full-term children were followed up after 19 years. Multifaceted aspects of outcome were evaluated. The results indicate a clear increase in somatic morbidity during growth and young adulthood among the preterms. READ MORE