Not exact matches
To unpack the gender differences further, each of the
items that make up the
scale are shown in Table 1,
along with the percentages of girls and boys who agreed or strongly agreed with the
item.
Given the scope and
scale of some locations, combined with
item tracking within those areas, I can only assume there was some amount of streaming - from - disk to keep the game flowing
along within a location.
These
items were rated
along a 10 - point Likert - type
scale.
These
items were assessed
along a 7 - point Likert - type
scale.
Fifteen -
item versions of the
scale demonstrate acceptable reliability (α = 0.79 to 0.87) 46, 47 and studies have worked with only 9
items, namely 3
items per subscale.48 — 50 This study uses a modified version of the 9 -
item short
scale.48 — 50 One
item («I get
along with people I come into contact with») was replaced with another
item from the original
scale («I really like the people I interact with») based on recommendations that wording in
scale items be as specific, concrete and non-ambiguous as possible.51 The 9 -
item questionnaire has three subscales with three
items each: autonomy, competency and relatedness.
The hierarchical ordering of the
items along the continuum followed a logical and expected pattern, and the participants were validly measured by the
scale.
Family functioning was assessed with an 8 -
item scale (α =.83, N = 546) measuring the functionality of the family (eg, there are lots of bad feelings in our family; in times of crises, we can turn to each other for support; we don't get
along well together).50 Mothers answered on a
scale from 1 (strongly agree) to 4 (strongly disagree).
Participants in the present study used a
scale ranging from 1 (disagree strongly) to 7 (agree strongly) to rate such
items as «I find myself preoccupied with the future or the past» and» I tend to walk quickly to get where I'm going without paying attention to what I experience
along the way.»
Mothers rated five
items reflecting problems in the partner relationship, such as disagreements about childrearing and providing or receiving little partner support,
along a three - point
scale ranging from never (0) to always applicable (2).
It includes
items from three scientifically validated
scales,
along with some new
items created for this quiz by Greater Good Science Center staff and members of Dr. Keltner's Berkeley Social Interaction Laboratory.
The
scale was administered in a face - to - face interview with each classroom teacher
along with the 26 -
item Teacher Observation of Child Adaptation - Revised [TOCA - R](Werthamer - Larsson et al. 1991).