Nurse researchers typically provide evidence of content validity for instruments by computing
a content validity index (CVI), based on experts' ratings of item relevance. We compared …

A 32-item Computer Self-Efficacy Scale (CSE) was developed to measure perceptions of
capability regarding specific computer-related knowledge and skills. Data from 414 individuals …

Background. Muscle size and strength decrease with aging, and the resultant muscle
weakness has been implicated in increased risk of falls in older adults. These falls have large …

This study concentrates on the development and estimation of measurement properties of
the College Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (CASES). Three university faculties in education …

The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) is a powerful analytic tool, but there continue to be
abuses of the method. We review assumptions and illustrate legitimate uses of ANCOVA, and …

… Owen and associates studied 107 subjects enrolled in a health management program and
reported that 83% of the variance in the HBS was explained by subjects’ stress management …

The present study examined the relation between disengagement of moral self-sanctions
and support of military force. The modes of moral disengagement included moral sanctioning …

The purpose of the research was to investigate what characteristics distinguish High Ability/LD
students from learning disabled students with average cognitive ability and from high …

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is arguably the world’s best-understood bacterial
pathogen. However, crucial details about the genetic programs used by the bacterium to …

… This &dquo;elsewhere&dquo; is often in their mind’s eye where daydreams are far more
arousing than the school curriculum (Baum, Owen, & Dixon, 1991). For some students, it is …