Sentence examples for measures of violent from inspiring English sources
During the lull in homicides, other measures of violent crime have also fallen, including shootings and rapes, though assaults are up, according to the Police Department.
Measures of violent attitudes and locus of control were re-administered at three month follow up.
In contrast to controls, significant treatment effects were found at outcome on self-reported measures of violent attitudes, rational problem-solving and anger cognitions.
In contrast to controls, significant medium-large treatment effects were found at outcome on self-reported measures of violent attitudes, social problem-solving and coping processes.
A second aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of R&R2 MHP in MDO's and, as hypothesised, significant treatment effects were found at outcome with small effects on self-reported measures of violent attitudes, rational problem-solving and anger cognitions.
To provide a basic characterisation of the relations between violent ideations and dimensions of mental health and provide a foundation for future research in this area we factor analysed a measure of violent ideations and an omnibus measure of mental health dimensions in a normative sample of 1306 youth (at age 17).
In order to reduce the load of the self-report battery only two measures were administered at follow up; one being the primary outcome measure of violent attitudes and the second, a relatively brief questionnaire, to determine locus of control.
Group attendees were compared with controls post-treatment on a primary outcome measure of violent attitudes and secondary outcome measures of locus of control, social problem-solving, reaction to provocation (anger), disruptive behaviour and social functioning.
Calculations performed at 80% power with an alpha level of 0.05 suggested that 35 participants per group were needed to detect a difference in the primary outcome measure of violent attitudes using the Total MVQ score with an effect size of.42 [pre-treatment mean 15.95 (S.D. = 10.83); post-treatment mean 11.36 (S.D. = 10.53)].
The title of Robert Harris's new thriller, "The Fear Index," comes from the volatility index, or VIX — also known as the "fear index" — which measures expectations of violent swings in the market, as Wall Street watchers know from the harrowing meltdown of 2008.
Measures: Yearly counts of violent index crimes between 2000 and 2009 at the treatment and comparison street segments and intersections served as the key outcome measure.
