SLI assembled an interdisciplinary team of experts in language, literacy, child development, and measurement development to (1) develop a survey to measure knowledge, attitudes, and self-reported behaviors, and (2) examine the relations among knowledge, attitudes, and self-reported behavior.
In part this relates to a general problem in measurement development, where measures are often based on theory or historically convenient indicators and tools.
Items and scales were developed through focus groups, cognitive interviews and pre-testing measurement development protocols [ 10, 11], and our prior research and clinical experiences with children with chronic health conditions and their families.
The 23-item PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales encompass: 1) Physical Functioning (8 items), 2) Emotional Functioning (5 items), 3) Social Functioning (5 items), and 4) School Functioning (5 items), and were developed through focus groups, cognitive interviews, pre-testing, and field testing measurement development protocols [ 29].
The 23-item PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales encompass: 1) Physical Functioning (8 items), 2) Emotional Functioning (5 items), 3) Social Functioning (5 items), and 4) School Functioning (5 items), and were developed through focus groups, cognitive interviews, pre-testing, and field testing measurement development protocols [ 28, 51].
Their work focuses on nosology, measurement development, and suicide.
The context of CC was chosen because the research project aims to contribute to advance conceptual and measurement developments in this particular field.
Biomedical researchers have paid increasing attention to trust as theoretical and measurement developments have occurred [ 3- 45], driven in part by a concern about the potential negative influence of managed care on the doctor-patient relationship.
We evaluated the effect of different average daily gains (ADG) achieved by feeding different amounts of a standard diet during the growing period on biometric measurements, development of mammary parenchyma (PAR) and mammary fat pad (MFP), and blood hormones.
This was achieved through a standardized procedure regarding air pollutants measurements, development of land use regression models, and validation (Beelen et al. 2013; Eeftens et al. 2012).
JWSV: involved in conception and design, made contributions in obtaining grants, involved in choosing measurements, development of cognitive-behavioral intervention, participation in trial, interpretation of data and substantial contribution in revising the article for important intellectual content.
