Monthly Archives: February 2011

How not to evaluate whether psychosocial interventions benefit patients






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How not to evaluate whether psychosocial interventions benefit patients






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The tenacious goal pursuit and flexible goal adjustment scales: a validation study






The flexible goal adjustment (FLEX) and tenacious goal pursuit (TEN) scales are used regularly in aging research. The current study examined their validity in a sample of 517 women (30-75 years) in multiple ways. Overall, the findings show that the scales do not clearly distinguish between FLEX and TEN. The direction in which the items were formulated was just as important as what was being measured. Moreover, face validity of the inversely phrased items in particular appeared to be weak. On the… Continue reading

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Clinical trial did not demonstrate benefits of screening patients with cancer for distress






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The tenacious goal pursuit and flexible goal adjustment scales: a validation study






The flexible goal adjustment (FLEX) and tenacious goal pursuit (TEN) scales are used regularly in aging research. The current study examined their validity in a sample of 517 women (30-75 years) in multiple ways. Overall, the findings show that the scales do not clearly distinguish between FLEX and TEN. The direction in which the items were formulated was just as important as what was being measured. Moreover, face validity of the inversely phrased items in particular appeared to be weak. On the… Continue reading

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Clinical trial did not demonstrate benefits of screening patients with cancer for distress






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