PAA distinguishes between four dimensions of a policy subsystem: actors and coalitions, power and resources, rules of the game and policy discourses.
Method/main outcome measures: Statistical correlations and variances between four dimensions of the birth experience (fulfilment, emotional adaptation, negative emotional experience, physical discomfort) and common obstetric variables were calculated.
Previous studies in the aftermath of natural disasters have demonstrated relationships between four dimensions of displacement – geographic distance from the predisaster community, type of postdisaster housing, number of postdisaster moves, and time spent in temporary housing – and adverse psychological outcomes.
Spatial diffusion theory distinguishes between two dimensions of a diffusion process.
Emotional intelligence mediated the relationship between three dimensions of psychological capital (self-efficacy, resilience and optimism) and project success whereas no mediation found between hope and project success.
To measure work interference with family (WIF), we adopted 9 items developed by Carlson et al. (2000), which distinguishes between three dimensions of WIF: time-based, strain-based, and behavior-based WIF.
In response to concerns that modern computer usage habits are having a deleterious effect on cognitive functioning, a study was designed to investigate the relationship between three dimensions of computer usage behaviour and two cognitive abilities: sustained attention and cognitive reflection.
It distinguishes between two dimensions of an organisation's competing or opposite values/priorities: centralisation and control versus decentralisation and flexibility; as well as the internal environment and processes versus the external environment and relationships with outside stakeholders.
Specifically, we describe the relationship between three dimensions of context (culture, leadership and evaluation) as defined by the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARiHS) framework[ 3], and research utilization behavior in neonatal and pediatric settings.
The associations between three dimensions of social capital (social support, social participation and networks, trust and reciprocity) and five health behaviours (smoking, alcohol use, physical activity, vegetable consumption, sleep) were examined by using logistic regression and controlling for age, gender, education, income and living arrangements.
Virtuous circles in this quest, due to the interaction between institutions and between the four dimensions of power, resources, information and status, suggest that any effort in one place on one dimension is bound to help in other places or dimensions.
