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FACES-IV, Reliability and validity in an adult Italian sample
No full textThe circumplex model of family and couple systems identifies the dimensions of cohesion, flexibility
and communication as main categories to describe the family. The application of the model and its
instruments raised various reflections and suggestions, mainly about the linear or curvilinear nature
of the scale. Olson (2008) have developed a new evaluation system, the FACES-IV, suitable for
capturing in a complete way the dimensions of cohesion and flexibility. The new questionnaire
includes six scales (two scales for cohesion and flexibility balanced and four unbalanced scales), a
scale for family satisfaction, one for communication, a family profile to collect the data, a typology
consisting of six types of families, a new version of the family map, and new indicators.
Our study aimed to assess reliability and validity of FACES-IV in an Italian adult sample composed
of 517 protocols, collected from six different geographical contexts (Rome, Siena, Ancona, Palermo,
Messina, Catania).
The statistical analysis showed a satisfactory validity and reliability of the version translated into
Italian. Some differences among Italian and US sample have been highlighted.The circumplex model of family and couple systems identifies the dimensions of cohesion, flexibility
and communication as main categories to describe the family. The application of the model and its
instruments raised various reflections and suggestions, mainly about the linear or curvilinear nature
of the scale. Olson (2008) have developed a new evaluation system, the FACES-IV, suitable for
capturing in a complete way the dimensions of cohesion and flexibility. The new questionnaire
includes six scales (two scales for cohesion and flexibility balanced and four unbalanced scales), a
scale for family satisfaction, one for communication, a family profile to collect the data, a typology
consisting of six types of families, a new version of the family map, and new indicators.
Our study aimed to assess reliability and validity of FACES-IV in an Italian adult sample composed
of 517 protocols, collected from six different geographical contexts (Rome, Siena, Ancona, Palermo,
Messina, Catania)
The gambling disorder: family styles and cognitive dimensions
No full textOBJECTIVE: In this study we present data from a research carried out on a population of people with gambling disorder (GD).SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This research investigated the representation of family styles for subjects with gambling disorder, using the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES-IV), their cognitive distortions through Gambling Related Cognitions Scale (GRCS-I), and the relation between these two dimensions.RESULTS: People with GD represent families with emotional detachment, while in the area of management of relational rules and roles, they reveal a perception of disorganization. Concerning their cognitive bias. GD people show the illusion of being able to control and predict the winnings and the perception of being unable to quit playing.CONCLUSIONS: Overall, these data provide specific directions for both the prevention and the therapeutic treatment of GD, highlighting the importance of a family therapeutic approach for the prevention of cognitive distortions
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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