The data also confirmed the psychological utility of this mistake: Overestimating upward mobility was self-serving for rich and poor people alike.
100, 101 Third, for patients, the psychological utility of the diagnostic criteria of MFS may imply a reduction of uncertainty, a mitigation of anxiety related to this uncertainty, and identification with a disease that has its own history; it also offers harborage for a community of patients, researchers, and doctors.
In addition, social and psychological utilities of diagnostic criteria include acceptance by patients, patient organizations, clinicians and scientists, practicability, costs, and the reduction of anxiety.
From a psychological perspective, the utility value of an item to an individual is dictated by state of mind at a particular time.
Weight-related quality of life, health utility, psychological well-being, and diabetes treatment satisfaction were assessed at baseline and week 26.
Validated questionnaires were used to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL), utility, psychological well-being, and decisional regret to facilitate comparisons with other prostate cancer survivor studies and other diseases, and inform policy regarding survivor needs and services.
These results outline the utility of psychological assessment with specialized instruments in order to include psychological variables in the clinical framework and to improve the clinical decision-making process.
Some have argued that Machery's criteria for elimination are simply too strong and that concept, understood as a higher-level kind or perhaps a functional kind, has great utility in psychological models of cognitive processes (e.g., Hampton 2010, Lalumera 2010, Strohminger & Moore 2010).
The payoff in a game can be non-measurable psychological parameters such as utility, prestige, desire, security level, or measurable quantities that serve as a common medium of exchange.
The outcomes of interest here were educational utility and psychological impact.
Recent research has indicated the utility of psychological acceptance with regard to reducing the impact of chronic health conditions.
