Hamilton depression rating scale Psychometric evaluation was carried out using 17 items of the Hamilton Depression Scale. It is a clinician-administered scale that assesses the severity of depression. A score of 8 or lower is considered to reflect an asymptomatic state‚ with an increasing continuum of symptom severity as scores increase (Hamilton‚ 1967; Lotfy‚ 1994). The young mania rating scale The Young Mania Rating Scale is an 11-item clinician-administered scale used to measure the severity
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Making Research Decisions Rating Scales As a researcher‚ one must choose which rating scale is going to be the most effective method. Once choosing the scale‚ he/she then must decide the amount of choices the subject has. We are going to explore four different scales: 1. Yes/Depends/no‚ 2. Excellent/Good/Fair/Poor‚ 3. Excellent/Good/Average/Poor‚ and 4. Strongly Approve/Approve/Uncertain/Disapprove Strongly Disapprove. I believe that the yes –maybe-no scale is somewhat week unless used
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from either from a tour in a combat zone or from completing their service to our nation. Veterans today are facing numerous problems such as: Readjustment‚ PTSD‚ Unemployment and homelessness. These are just a few of the many issues that they are facing when returning home. As a veteran I can say one of the biggest issues we have faced was that of readjustment to a civilian lifestyle from a military lifestyle. Service members are used to order and the feeling that they are part of something great
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with big eyes that took in the whole world and a wide smile that begged for more attention than anybody had to give.” Richard Franklin Lennox Pryor III started out as a kid with a hard life and big dreams‚ but by the end of his lifetime he’s know as an inspiration to many people around the world. He was born on December 1‚ 1940 in Peoria Illinois. His parents were Gertrude Thomas and Leroy Pryor‚ although he spent most of his time growing up with his grandmother‚ Marie Carter‚ and four other children
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Content validity Demographic variables and modified Conner’s rating scale for parents and teachers were translated to local language (Tamil). The English tools were sent for content validity to the various experts in the field of Paediatrician‚ Psychiatrist‚ psychologist‚ Paediatric nursing‚ Mental health nursing‚ Obstetrics and Gynaecology nursing‚ Medical surgical nursing‚ and Statistician. The minor corrections and suggestions were incorporated as provided by the experts after validating the
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discriminating them‚ on the basis of gender. However‚ Sherlock Holmes is not sexist within the book‚ dramatization and modernized episode. In the novel‚ “A Scandal in Bohemia” by Conan Doyle‚ the protagonist Sherlock Holmes is not portrayed to be a sexist character. To begin with‚ Sherlock insists on having Doctor John Watson remain alongside with him. Just before the King of Bohemia enters for his consultation with Sherlock Holmes regarding his case‚ Watson offers to leave but Sherlock responds
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Core studies summary Holmes & Rahe (1970) stress study |Aims and context (Put aims of study & background history): | | | |The aim of the study is to be able to find a prospective positive correlation between life stress caused by life events and later | |illness.
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| Vietnam Veterans and Readjustment | Was it our fault? | | | [Pick the date] | Although programs could have been better in supporting returning veterans‚ ultimately the same issues would have arisen. | In popular culture‚ Vietnam veterans are often portrayed as isolated and neglected in a society that took out its hatred for the war on the veterans returning home. In actuality‚ the stressors of war caused the problems many Vietnam veterans faced more than the societal reception
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Objective Objectives of the study are as follows: 1. To translate Social Connectedness Scale into Urdu language. 2. To assess factor structure and psychometric properties of scale. 3. To establish cross language validation of Urdu translation of Social Connectedness Scale. 4. To find out convergent and discriminant validity evidence. Phase I Translation of Social Connectedness Scale For translating Social Connectedness Scale into Urdu three guidelines recommended by Brislin (1980) was followed.
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MC21S5A Summary of MARC and RAM (Credit rating agencies) To know what is RAM and MARC is doing in the financial sector in Malaysia‚ we need to know what is the credit rating first. So‚ credit ratings are forward-looking opinions about credit risk. A credit rating is an opinion of the general creditworthiness of countries‚ companies and individuals. Lower credit ratings result in higher borrowing costs because the borrower is deemed to carry a higher risk of default. So‚ what does the rating agency
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