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A Study on the Reliability of the Occupational Job Stress Indices Questionnaire Applied to Koreans (Occupational Job Stress Index의 신뢰성(信賴性) 관(關)한 연구(硏究))

  • Lee, Young-Soo
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 1980
  • The Occupational Job Stress Indicies Questionnaire is a selfadministered instrument consisting of 48 questions which are designed to collect the perceived Job stress about individual. This questionnaire was translated into Korean and applied to the selected groups of 300 blue collar workers musical manufacture industy for the purpose of assessing the it's reliability from April 1. to July 30, 1980. The results obtained were as follows; 1. The range of reliability coefficients for all indices was. 45-.75 which was lower than .54-.87 of original. 2. The inter-item correlation matrix for all items comprising an index along with the intercorrelation of these items with the items comprising closely related indices. 3. The reliability of JOB SATISFACTION, INTRINSIC REWARDS and IMPORTANCE REWARDS revealed .14-.20 lower than that of original. On the point of view, some items should be adjusted in parallel with acutual situation of Korea through making a cultural comparative study and item factor analysis.

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Reliability of Visual Analog Scale in Assessment of Acute Pain (시각적 상사 척도의 신뢰도 검사 -급성 통증 측정-)

  • Choi, Ja-Yun
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.136-143
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study was to test the reliability of visual analog scale in assessing the degree of acute pain related to blood sugar test. A sample of 113 subjects is composed of 56 DM patients and 57 their family who are admitted in a ward of medical part of C university hospital in Gwangju. Data are collected from July, 2001 to December, 2001. The degree of pain is twice measured in a week interval. Correlations were moderate between times in DM patients group and healty group. In both measures, correlations were high between VAS score and the score of color pain circle measurement tool. Visual analog scale is methodologically sound instrument for assessment of acute pain. Further study will be needed to evaluate the correlation with physiology measurement.

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A Preliminary Study on a Prosocial Behavior Scale for 11 -to 12- year old Korean Children (아동의 친사회적 행동척도개발 및 타당화 예비 연구 - 11,12세 아동을 중심으로)

  • Jung, Hee Won;Kim, Kyong Yeon
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.15-27
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    • 2005
  • The present study explored the dimensionality of children's prosocial behavior. An instrument for assessing prosocial behavior was developed with 8 variables(orientation for prosocial values, caring, comfort and social equality, helping, harmony among peers, cooperation, donation, sacrifice and concession) using a 5-point scale of 37 items. The reliability for the scale of 8 variables ranged from.75 to.86 by Cronbach's. Construct validity was indicated by self-report, peer rating, and teacher rating.

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The Effects of Story Making Activity with Wordless Picture Books on Young Children's Language Abilities (글 없는 그림책을 활용한 이야기 꾸미기 활동이 유아의 언어능력에 미치는 효과)

  • Jung, Sung Soon;Hong, Hae Kyung
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.235-252
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    • 2000
  • This study investigated the effects of story making activity with wordless picture books on the language abilities of 5- and 6-year-old children. The 52 subjects attending a kindergarten in Kwangju were randomly assigned to an experimental group or a control group of 26 children each. The experimental group made stories with wordless picture books while the control group listened to stories. Experimental treatments were given twice a week for 6 weeks. Assessment was by The Language Comprehension-Cognition Test(1994), The Picture Vocabulary Test(1995), and The Sentence-Comprehension Test(1996). Qualitative level of the stories was analyzed by Morrow's(1985) revised Instrument Assessing Children Understanding of Stories(Chae, 1996). The vocabulary, language-comprehension, and story-composing ability of children who made stories with wordless picture books were higher than those of children who listened to stories told by teachers.

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Validation of Technology Acceptance Model in Educational Laptop Settings

  • Kim, Sung;Shin, Doo-Young;Kalinowski, John
    • Proceedings of the Korea Society for Industrial Systems Conference
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    • 2007.02a
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    • pp.154-159
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    • 2007
  • This article focuses on the psychometric stability of the technology acceptance model (TAM) by Davis [8] when applied to laptop usage in the educational settings. Using a survey of 297 users, this research provides evidence that the TAM provides a model for a valid and reliable measure to use among students in assessing their perceptions of laptop usage. Given this evidence, those involved with implementation and training in laptop environment can confidently apply the instrument.

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Assessing Content Validity of Environmental Performance Indicators for Construction Sites (시공단계 환경성능평가를 위한 평가항목의 내용타당성 검토)

  • Kang, Goune;Lee, Sanggyu;Lee, Myungdo;Cho, Hunhee;Kang, Kyung-in
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2013.05a
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    • pp.7-9
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    • 2013
  • An assessment tool's validity is crucial because its scores are used as basis of decision making. This study assessed the content validity of the indicators for environmental assessment of construction activities. Pool of candidate indicators were constituted from the literature review, and CVR(Content Validity Rate) approach was adopted to investigate the content validity. As a result, 14 indicators are effective and five of them are content valid and retained from the pool.

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Exploring the Measurement Invariance of the Calling Scale with College Students and Employees

  • Park, Yonguk L.;Lee, Hyejoo J.
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.99-104
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    • 2021
  • The most widely used instrument to assess perceiving a calling, the CVQ(Calling and Vocational Questionnaire), is composed of three constructs: transcendent sermon, purposeful work, and prosocial orientation. Recently assessing perceiving a calling has received great attention and it is critical not only for job incumbents but also college students who are in the job search stage. The purpose of this study is to investigate measurement invariance of the Korean CVQ between employees and college students. 339 job incumbents and 252 college students participated in this study, and based on the multiple group confirmatory factor analysis from the structural equation model, we confirmed the measurement invariance between employees and college students at the scale level. Thus, the perceived calling scale is applicable to both employees and college students without biases. This study provided meaningful information in understanding calling, and we discussed limitations and future directions.

Developing Indicators for Assessing the Quality of Universities Based on Comparative Analysis of Major approaches in Foreign Countries (주요국의 질 평가 접근법 비교분석에 기초한 대학의 질적 수준 평가 지표 개발)

  • Choi, Jeung-Yun;Jeong, Jinchul;Lee, Jung-Mi
    • Korean Journal of Comparative Education
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.25-58
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    • 2009
  • This study aimed to establish a conceptual scheme of the quality of university and to develop a set of structured indicators for assessing the quality of university based on the result of comparative analysis of major approaches in foreign countries. Reviewing extensive literatures regarding the quality of higher education, a conceptual scheme of the quality of university, in which three representative approaches such as a goal-accomplishment approach, a customer-satisfaction approach, and a value-added approach were emphasized, was proposed and the quality of university was defined as a function of harmonization of input-process-output elements of universities. To develop indicators for assessing the quality of university, four types of approaches including university accreditation system, commercially-producted university ranking system, college student survey, and direct assessment of students' learning outcomes were reviewed. Finally thirteen sets of evaluation indicators out of six countries were comparatively analyzed. The analyses focused on the format, the content, and the primary concept of the quality in each instrument and a draft of the assessment indicators were structured. The draft of the assessment indicators were verified through a panel of professionals. The final indicators assessing the quality of university consist of three dimensions and seven areas. The input dimension comprised institutional goals, human resources, and physical resources. In the process dimension, curriculum and learning process areas were included. And, finally, the output dimension consists of educational outputs and research outputs. Based on the outcomes of the study, the recommendations were suggested for improving and utilizing the assessment indicators of the quality of university.

The Development of an Instrument for Assessing Secondary Students' Views on the Nature of Science (과학의 본성에 대한 중등학생들의 견해조사를 위한 도구 개발)

  • Kwack, Dae-Oh;Kim, Young-Su;Sung, Min-Wung
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.680-692
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    • 2000
  • An assessment instrument dealing with secondary students' views on the nature of science was developed in this study. The features in aspects of the nature of science are generally accepted as characterizing the scientific enterprise and we have focused on are: 1) the purposes of the scientific enterprise, 2) the nature of scientific enquiry, 3) the nature and status of scientific knowledge, and 4) the nature and functioning of the scientific community. The questionnaire is made of three sections; that is, "Scientific Question", "Experiment", and "Belief". The Scientific Questions probe was designed to examine the ways in which learners mark out science as a particular domain, and particularly the types of questions that they think are open to scientific investigation. The Experiment probe was designed to throw light on the ways in which learners may think about theories and their relationship to evidence in a range of contexts. A related aim concerns the sorts of activities that learners consider to be experiments, and their reasons for this. The Belief probe was designed to see whether students are able to articulate the grounds for their acceptance of a proposition and, if they are, to explore the nature of these grounds. The reliability of the instrument developed in this study was found to be 0.86.

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Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Patient Safety Violation Scale in Medical Oncology Units in Iran

  • Shali, Mahboobeh;Ghaffari, Fatemeh;Joolaee, Soodabeh;Ebadi, Abbas
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.17 no.9
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    • pp.4341-4347
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    • 2016
  • Background: Patient safety is one of the key components of nursing care for cancer cases. Valid and reliable context-based instruments are necessary for accurate evaluation of patient safety in oncology units. The aim of the present study was to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Patient Safety Violation Scale in medical oncology units in Iran. Materials and Methods: In this methodological study, a pool of 58 items was generated through reviewing the existing literature. The validity of the 58-item scale was assessed through calculating impact score, content validity ratio, and content validity index for its items as well as conducting exploratory factor analysis. The reliability of the scale was evaluated by assessing its internal consistency and testretest stability. Study sample consisted of 300 oncology nurses who were recruited from thirteen teaching hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Results: Sixteen items were excluded from the scale due to having low impact scores, content validity ratios, or content validity indices. In exploratory factor analysis, the remaining 42 items were loaded on five factors including patient fall, verification of patientidentity, harm during care delivery, delay in care delivery, and medication errors. These five factors explained 62% of the total variance. The Cronbach's alpha of the scale and the test-retest interclass correlation coefficient were equal to 0.933 and 0.92, respectively. Conclusions: The 42-item Patient Safety Violation Scale is a simple and short scale which has acceptable validity and reliability. Consequently, it can be used for assessing patient safety in clinical settings such as medical oncology units and for research projects.