Abstract Background Under Washington Accord or ABET accreditation requirements, faculty
must envision, collectively articulate, and prioritize the competencies that students should …

OBJECTIVE: To review current practice and update guidelines for the methodology of
shortening composite measurement scales (CMSs). STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: A …

Summary Background The Bristol Stool Form Scale (BSFS) is a 7‐point scale used
extensively in clinical practice and research for stool form measurement, which has …

There is a growing interest in quantitative analysis of large corpora among the international
relations (IR) scholars, but many of them find it difficult to perform analysis consistently with …

Instruments currently being used to measure empathy do not reflect the recent
neuroscientific scholarship on mirror neurons and the importance of self-awareness and …

Aims The study aims are (a) to test a model developed to estimate the impact of work
engagement on work ability as it is perceived by nurses;(b) to test the parameters between …

Both historically and currently, social work and related fields have expressed considerable
interest in the construct of empathy. However, the ability to define and ultimately measure …

This paper describes the development and initial validation of a Spanish version of the Short
Grit (Grit-S) Scale. The Grit-S Scale was adapted and translated into Spanish using the …

The modern gambling industry has, by-in-large, assumed a duty of care to minimize the risks
associated with gambling, which has manifested in responsible gambling (RG) …

American men tend to score slightly higher on measures of self-esteem than American
women. We ask whether this is because of gender differences in responsiveness to the …