For this study, we defined validity following modern conceptualizations in which validity is a unitary concept with construct validity as a core, deriving validity evidence from several sources such as assessments of content validity, the response process, the internal structure of the instrument, its relationships to other variables and its consequences [ 22, 24].
Some domains remained similar to the original conceptualization following Phase 2, while others were split in to multiple domains (see Figure 1).
In our analysis, ISE scores were derived following Mendolia's conceptualization, which amalgamates the defensive scale of the Social Desirability Scale (α = 0.73) [ 23] and the anxiety subscale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (α = 0.75) [ 24].
We present the analysis of the FGDs under the following three major headings: Conceptualization of professional domains; Organization and leadership issues; and Communication forms, strategies and processes.
To amalgamate these Japanese translations, the two translators and three authors had discussions to reach a consensus in terms of the following four criteria: content, semantics, conceptualization, and technical equivalence with the original scale, as well as cultural adaptations.
In the following, new conceptualizations, methods of treatment, and diagnostic instruments of healthy and disturbed identity are discussed.
Recent conceptualizations of optimal adjustment following traumatically acquired disability emphasize the array of and dynamic relationships between personal and environmental characteristics that shape well-being over time [ 6].
Conclusions: These results, in the context of prior work showing increased risks of major depression and depressive symptoms following miscarriage, lend some support to the conceptualization of minor depressive disorder as part of a continuum of symptom severity.
Encouragingly, the majority of these studies reported good HRQOL and functional status post-ICU, although some discordance was evident, suggesting a change in conceptualization of quality of life following critical illness.
The following are links to my summarizations of Gilder's conceptualization of the microcosm and the telecosm, followed by links to sites that contain some of his papers.
Thus, to address comment 1), we added the following paragraph to the Discussion, which expands upon our conceptualization of cryptic variation and in doing so follows suggestions i) and ii) above: "We describe the variation we uncovered as "cryptic" because its effect on embryonic survival is dramatically magnified under perturbed conditions.
