56 research outputs found
The influence of implicit and explicit motives on health-related behaviour
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Drama Menu at a Distance: 80 Socially Distanced or Online Theatre Games
No full textComprend un index.‘For however long we must keep our distance, we will continue to create, to reinvent, to strive and to feed our creativity. At a time where performers are needed more than ever, training the next generation of performers must go on!’ Glyn Trefor-Jones, from his Introduction Drama Menu is the revolutionary, hugely popular concept that has transformed the planning and delivery of drama classes for teachers and workshop leaders around the world. Choose an Appetiser or two, a Starter, a Main Course and a Dessert – and voilà! – you’ll have a delicious, dramatic banquet for your students. This new collection, Drama Menu at a Distance – created specifically to help anyone teaching drama during the COVID-19 pandemic – brings you 80 games and exercises, all of which are safe and secure to play in this new era of socially distanced teaching and online learning. It offers dynamic, brand-new exercises to energise, excite and inspire your group, alongside some firm favourites, redesigned to be played within the necessary constraints. Also included is an introduction by the author, with advice and suggestions to support you in delivering your session. Drama Menu at a Distance is the essential recipe book you need to eliminate the challenges of planning lessons and workshops in the ‘new normal’, and leave you with more time for playing. Stay safe – and bon appétit
Contingent valuation in health programme evaluation : empirical anomalies and the nature of human preferences
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Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age
No full textThe Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a widely used measure of a core facet of the positive body image construct. However, extant research concerning measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across a large number of nations remains limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset – with data collected between 2020 and 2022 – to assess measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis indicated that full scalar invariance was upheld across all nations, languages, gender identities, and age groups, suggesting that the unidimensional BAS-2 model has widespread applicability. There were large differences across nations and languages in latent body appreciation, while differences across gender identities and age groups were negligible-to-small. Additionally, greater body appreciation was significantly associated with higher life satisfaction, being single (versus being married or in a committed relationship), and greater rurality (versus urbanicity). Across a subset of nations where nation-level data were available, greater body appreciation was also significantly associated with greater cultural distance from the United States and greater relative income inequality. These findings suggest that the BAS-2 likely captures a near-universal conceptualisation of the body appreciation construct, which shouldfacilitate further cross-cultural research.Fil: Swami, Viren. Anglia Ruskin University; Reino UnidoFil: Tran, Ulrich. University Vienna; AustriaFil: Stieger, Stefan. Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences; AustriaFil: Aavik, Toivo. University of Tartu; EstoniaFil: Abdollahpour Ranjbar, Hamed. Koç University; TurquíaFil: Adebayo, Sulaiman Olanrewaju. Ekiti State University; NigeriaFil: Afhami, Reza. Tarbiat Modares University; IránFil: Ahmed, Oli. University of Chittagong; BangladeshFil: Aimé, Annie. Université du Québec en Outaouais; CanadáFil: Akel, Marwan. National Institute of Public Health, Clinical Epidemiology, and Toxicology; LíbanoFil: Al Halbusi, Hussam. Ahmed Bin Mohammad Military College; QatarFil: Alexias, George. Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences; GreciaFil: Ali, Khawla F.. Royal College of Surgeons Ireland-Bahrain; BahréinFil: Alp Dal, Nursel. Munzur University; TurquíaFil: Alsalhani, Anas B.. Vision College of Dentistry and Nursing; Arabia SauditaFil: Álvares Solas, Sara. Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam; EcuadorFil: Soares Amaral, Ana Carolina. Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Southeast Minas Gerais; BrasilFil: Andrianto, Sonny. Universitas Islam Indonesia; IndonesiaFil: Aspden, Trefor. Aberystwyth University; Reino UnidoFil: Argyrides, Marios. Neapolis University Pafos; ChipreFil: Benzon R. Aruta, John Jamir. De La Salle University; FilipinasFil: Atkin, Stephen. Royal College of Surgeons Ireland-Bahrain; BahréinFil: Ayandele, Olusola. University of Ibadan; NigeriaFil: Baceviciene, Migle. Klaipeda University; LituaniaFil: Irrazabal, Natalia Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Palermo; ArgentinaFil: Callegari Zanetti, Marcelo. São Judas Tadeu University; BrasilFil: Zawisza, Magdalena. Anglia Ruskin University; Reino UnidoFil: Zeeni, Nadine. Lebanese American University; LíbanoFil: Zvaríková, Martina. Comenius University in Bratislava; EslovaquiaFil: Voracek, Martin. Vienna University of Technology; Austri
'The ghostlie eye of thy soule' : literary souls & ghosts in the early modern period
No full text‘“The Ghostlie Eye of Thy Soule”: Literary Souls & Ghosts in the Early Modern Period’ comprises four case-studies of the early modern soul in different literary contexts. Each focuses upon how literature thinks through and represents the difficult relationship of this immaterial entity with the entire person of which it is a part and with the material field it must transcend.
For the soul and body dialogue tradition it is axiomatic that its two interlocutors are separate, yet it also seems eager to interrogate that assumption; in chapter 1 we examine two instances of the genre, one Anglo-Saxon and one early modern, that do so in especially literary ways. Chapter 2 reads side-by-side John Donne’s Anniversary poems and René Descartes’ Discourse on Method. In both texts a soul that transcends matter rescues a fatally undermined material scene, and here there emerges a rather more optimistic impression of the soul’s capacities. But by contrast once more, chapter 3 turns to a soul conceived in terms not of transcendence but of abjection. It works first to locate the apparently devotional inner moment in which an author addresses their own soul within the burgeoning early modern literature of discipline; subsequently, it argues that when this moment occurs specifically in the lyric mode it makes demands upon the reader that locate it in more transhistorical disciplinary traditions as well. The final chapter considers Hamlet. Central to the play is a ghostly soul that transcends the material body and rescues the self from death. Yet Hamlet also fixates upon the relations of that soul to the material world of Elsinore, and returns repeatedly by way of an interest in atomistic natural philosophy to the possibility that in being immaterial the soul might in fact not exist at all."I register first my gratitude to the Arts & Humanities Research Council/Scottish Graduate School of the Arts & Humanities for the grant that funded this thesis and without which it would not have been written. My thanks also to the University of St Andrews for funding the period after the end of that original scholarship."--Acknowledgement
Exposure and connectedness to natural environments: An examination of the measurement invariance of the Nature Exposure Scale (NES) and Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups
No full textDetachment from nature is contributing to the environmental crisis and reversing this trend requires detailed monitoring and targeted interventions to reconnect people to nature. Most tools measuring nature exposure and attachment were developed in high-income countries and little is known about their robustness across national and linguistic groups. Therefore, we used data from the Body Image in Nature Survey to assess measurement invariance of the Nature Exposure Scale (NES) and the Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups (N =56,968). While multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (MG-CFA) of the NES supported full scalar invariance across gender identities and age groups, only partial scalar invariance was supported across national and linguistic groups. MG-CFA of the CNS also supported full scalar invariance across gender identities and age groups, but only partial scalar invariance of a 7-item version of the CNS across national and linguistic groups. Nation-level associations between NES and CNS scores were negligible, likely reflecting a lack of conceptual clarity over what the NES is measuring. Individual-level associations between both measures and sociodemographic variables were weak. Findings suggest that the CNS-7 may be a useful tool to measure nature connectedness globally, but measures other than the NES may be needed to capture nature exposure cross-culturally.Fil: Swami, Viren. Anglia Ruskin University; Reino UnidoFil: White, Mathew P.. Universidad de Viena; AustriaFil: Voracek, Martin. Universidad de Viena; AustriaFil: Tran, Ulrich S.. Universidad de Viena; AustriaFil: Aavik, Toivo. University of Tartu; EstoniaFil: Ranjbar, Hamed Abdollahpour. Koç University; TurquíaFil: Adebayo, Sulaiman Olanrewaju. Ekiti State University; NigeriaFil: Afhami, Reza. Tarbiat Modares University; IránFil: Aimé, Annie. Université Du Québec en Outaouais; CanadáFil: Akel, Marwan. Lebanese International University; Líbano. National Institute of Public Health; LíbanoFil: Al Halbusi, Hussam. Ahmed Bin Mohammad Military College; QatarFil: Alexias, George. Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences; GreciaFil: Ali, Khawla F.. Royal College of Surgeons Ireland-Bahrain; BahréinFil: Alp Dal, Nursel. Munzur University; TurquíaFil: Alsalhani, Anas B.. Vision College of Dentistry and Nursing; Arabia SauditaFil: Álvarez Solas, Sara. Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam; EcuadorFil: Soares Amaral, Ana Carolina. Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Southeast of Minas Gerais; BrasilFil: Andrianto, Sonny. Universitas Islam Indonesia; IndonesiaFil: Aspden, Trefor. Aberystwyth University.; Reino UnidoFil: Argyrides, Marios. Neapolis University Pafos; ChipreFil: Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R.. De La Salle University; FilipinasFil: Atkin, Stephen. Royal College of Surgeons Ireland-Bahrain; BahréinFil: Ayandele, Olusola. University of Ibadan; Nigeria. Klaipeda University; NigeriaFil: Baceviciene, Migle. Karlova Univerzita; República ChecaFil: Irrazabal, Natalia Carolina. Universidad de Palermo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Zanetti, Marcelo Callegari. São Judas Tadeu University; BrasilFil: Zawisza, Magdalena. Anglia Ruskin University; Reino UnidoFil: Zeeni, Nadine. Lebanese American University; LíbanoFil: Zvaríková, Martina. Comenius University in Bratislava; EslovaquiaFil: Stieger, Stefan. Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences; Austri
Stochastic approach for fine sediment erosion prediction
No full textThis study aimed to characterize the erosion behavior of cohesive sediments in the Newark Bay, at flow velocities below 1 m/s based on their index properties. The experimental methodology and data interpretation scheme of this research were devised based on the critical analysis of previous literature and aimed to reduce uncertainty, subjectivity, and arbitrariness. A comparison of erosion measurements obtained in this study with the results of some in-situ experiments conducted by other researchers revealed a strong consistency between these studies. The fact that this ex-situ study has been as successful as in-situ studies is quite an achievement. The success of the devised experimental methodology was also highlighted when the results were compared to similar ex-situ studies because the range of erosion rates measured in this study was well beyond the capability of those methods. This research contributes to the literature on cohesive sediment erosion by offering new insights into three primary areas: regression, stochastic, and probabilistic analysis of erosion test results. First, this study employed the regression technique to obtain the best linear unbiased estimator of erosion rates based on sediment index properties. The analysis resulted in the development of two fairly valid models for both fine- and coarse-grained sediments of the Newark Bay: (1) Newark Bay Fine Model (NBFM) and (2) Newark Bay Coarse Model (NBCM). These models were evaluated through cross-validation and cross-model comparison, as well as validation against a new dataset. Second, a new methodology was developed for a stochastic analysis of erosion data by applying the Monte Carlo simulation technique. To the best of the author’s knowledge, this technique had not been previously used in sediment erosion studies. This robust stochastic method enabled the researcher to investigate erosion over many artificially generated samples, in lieu of measured data, and make more realistic predictions. The confidence interval provided by stochastic simulations has a significant application in sediment erosion risk analysis. Third, the framework developed for the probabilistic analysis of erosion data offers a standardized methodology for data analysis that paves the way for the comparison of different studies that use inconsistent methodologies.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Faezeh Behzadneja
Measuring arm function early after stroke : is the DASH good enough?
No full textObjective Despite a growing call to use patient-reported outcomes in clinical research, few are available for measuring upper limb function post-stroke. We examined the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) to evaluate its measurement performance in acute stroke. In doing so, we compared results from traditional and modern psychometric methods.
Methods 172 people with acute stroke completed the DASH. Those with upper limb impairments completed the DASH again at 6 weeks (n=99). Data (n=271) were analysed using two psychometric paradigms: traditional psychometric (Classical Test Theory, CTT) analyses examined data completeness, scaling assumptions, targeting, reliability and responsiveness; Rasch Measurement Theory (RMT) analyses examined scale-to-sample targeting, scale performance and person measurement.
Results CTT analyses implied the DASH was psychometrically robust in this sample. Data completeness was high, criteria for scaling assumptions were satisfied (item-total correlations 0.55–0.95), targeting was good, internal consistency reliability was high (Cronbach's α=0.99) and responsiveness was clinically moderate (effect size=0.51). However, RMT analyses identified important limitations: scale-to-sample targeting was suboptimal, 4 items had disordered response category thresholds, 16 items exhibited misfit, 3 pairs of items had high residual correlations (>0.60) and 84 person fit residuals exceeded the recommended range.
Conclusions RMT methods identified limitations missed by CTT and indicate areas for improvement of the DASH as an upper limb measure for acute stroke. Findings, similar to those identified in multiple sclerosis, highlight the need for scales to have strong conceptual underpin
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