The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the English-language edition of the Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire (CD-Quest) and to examine its utility as a clinical ...assessment tool of cognitive distortions.
The CD-Quest is a comprehensive assessment measure of 15 cognitive distortions along the dimensions of frequency and intensity. To examine the psychometric properties of the CD-Quest, a sample of 127 university students (22 male, 105 female) completed an online survey composed of the CD-Quest, Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ), and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale short-version (DASS).
Confirmatory factor analysis supports the unifactorial structure proposed by the Brazilian-Portuguese edition. Internal consistency was adequate at .80. Strong positive correlations for the subscales of frequency and intensity (r between .78 and .90) demonstrate validity of the subscales. Convergent validity with the ATQ (r = .57) and the DASS subscales of depression (r = .45), anxiety (r = .38), and stress (r = .41) was observed. The sensitivity to delineate between groups with and without symptomology for depression, anxiety, and stress supports the validity of the measure.
Psychometric analysis demonstrated the CD-Quest to be a valid and reliable unifactorial assessment tool of cognitive distortions. Although further studies using clinical samples are needed, these findings provide preliminary support for the use of the CD-Quest in the assessment of cognitive distortions among individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, and stress-related disorders.
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imaginary dialogue
is a form of mathematical writing where a single student composes a written dialogue between two protagonists who discuss a mathematical task or question (Wille 2008). The aim ...of this article is to discuss from a theoretical perspective the potential and limitations of the use of imaginary dialogues in mathematics education in order to understand students’ mathematical thinking processes. Grade 5 students’ writing on fractions will serve to exemplify the theoretical line of argumentation.
Improving supply chain performance has become a critical issue for gaining a competitive edge for companies. Many critical drawbacks prevent the existing performance measurement systems from making a ...significant contribution to the development and improvement of supply chain management and thus, several research is still needed in this area. In an attempt to fill this gap, an enhanced process-based approach for measuring, managing, and hence improving supply chain performance is presented. The proposed framework is dynamic, continuous, and hybrid. It integrates various sciences, methodologies, and tools, namely systems thinking, strategic planning, optimization, balanced scorecards, supply chain operations reference model, and theory of constraints thinking processes into a cohesive performance measurement system. In this paper, a comparison between the proposed approach and currently existing systems is provided highlighting how each methodology contributed in the enhancement.
Quindici anni dopo la pubblicazione del testo-chiave The Way We Think: The Mind and its Hidden Complexities, la teoria del blending concettuale e delle reti integrate di Gilles Fauconnier e Marc ...Turner si è consolidata come modello di analisi dei complessi e in gran parte inconsci processi di elaborazione della mente umana. Questo contributo prende brevemente in esame la struttura teorica del modello e il funzionamento del processo di blending, che permette l’ibridazione di input differenti e talvolta contraddittori nello sviluppo creativo di significati emergenti. Fornisce inoltre due esempi di come si sia tentato di applicare tale modello all’analisi delle complesse categorie di genere nella fiction letteraria.Fifteen years after the release of the topical book The Way We Think: The Mind and its Hidden Complexities, Gilles Fauconnier and Marc Turner’s theory of Conceptual Blending and integrated networks has established its status as a model to investigate the complex and largely unconscious proceedings of the human mind. This contribution looks at the theoretic structure of the model and the way the process works, mixing different and sometimes clashing inputs to creatively develop emergent meaning. It also provides two examples of how the model itself has been tentatively expanded to account for such complex intellectual constructions as the genres of fictional texts in literary analysis.
Much research has been conducted to investigate the quality of writing and high-level revisions in word processing-assisted and pen-and-paper writing modes. Studies that address cognitive aspects, ...such as experience and comfort with computers, by which students compose essays during writing assessments have remained relatively unexplored. To fill this gap, the present study investigates the impact of writing using computers versus traditional writing with pen-and-paper based on 366 undergraduate students in Singapore. It analyses the students’ thinking processes, the quality of their written work, and their perceptions of working with computers. The results indicate that the students demonstrated a positive attitude towards working with computers. Furthermore, the computer-delivered writing mode has a positive impact on their quality of writing in both technical aspects (content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics) and global aspects (setting macro rhetorical goal and ordering information in achieving the macro rhetorical goal). On the other hand, the results show that there was no significant difference between the paper and computer writing modes in their effects during the planning stage of writing in-class reflections. The study contributes to writing research by encouraging teachers to give students an option of delivery modes, beyond traditional pen-and-paper, for their writing assessments.
In order to examine the potential of constructive thought strategies for enhancing employee job satisfaction, an existing dispositional model of job satisfaction was expanded and tested. Structural ...equation modeling techniques indicated significant relationships among constructive thought strategies, dysfunctional thought processes, subjective well-being, and job satisfaction. In addition, two competing models were examined to test for the full or partial mediation of the effects of constructive thought strategies on job satisfaction. The implications of these findings for constructive thought strategy training interventions are discussed, along with directions for future research efforts.
This research presents a case study of a virtual 'textbook' application of the theory of constraints (TOC) in a Japanese tool manufacturing company. Hitachi Tool Engineering uses state-of-the-art ...technology to design and manufacture cutting tools known as End-mills. The plant described in this study is a classic V-plant and exhibited all of the standard problems of a traditionally managed V-plant, existing within the unique framework of Japanese work culture. Plant management applied the five focusing steps and used the operations strategy tools, including drum-buffer-rope and buffer management, to improve the system. Following the approach recommended by Eli Goldratt, the thinking process tools of current reality tree and evaporating clouds were used to help identify and resolve problems when the implementation encountered major obstacles. While the implementation was a huge success, the devastating effect of a core problem being left unresolved is well documented. The implementation generated significant improvements in work-in-process inventory, production lead time, on-time delivery, productive capacity, inventory turnover, product quality, sales volume, and profitability. Moreover, management has extended the introduction of TOC to the non-manufacturing functions and TOC is becoming the common company culture that bridges four culturally diverse manufacturing plants.
This study aims to describe the algebraic thinking process of grade VIII MTs students in solving algebraic problems based on Taksonomi Solo seen from gender differences in students with high ...mathematical abilities. The research was carried out in the eighth grade of Miftahul Huda MTs in Kediri Regency. The research subjects consisted of two students, namely women and men with high abilities. Subjects were chosen based on information from the teacher regarding mathematical abilities and the willingness and openness of the subject to be interviewed about the task of algebra problems. The results of the study showed that female students with high abilities fulfilled the indicators of algebraic thinking, namely finding certain tribes and generalizing the given patterns and understanding the role of variables as numbers that are known in algebraic form, equations and inequalities. Whereas male students with high abilities only fulfill the indicators of algebraic thinking, namely finding certain tribes in the given pattern.
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