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How to Cope with Stress? The Stress-Inducing Cognitions of Teacher Trainees and Resulting Implications for Teacher Education
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Braun, Annika; Weiss, Sabine; Kiel, Ewald – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
The present study investigated stress-inducing cognitions of teacher trainees from different types of schools in Germany in order to identify a particular body of future teachers who lack appropriate coping strategies. Using cluster analysis, teacher trainees were classified by their dysfunctional thoughts, and, additionally, compared to their…
Descriptors: Coping, Stress Variables, Self Efficacy, Personality Traits
To Sum or Not to Sum: Taxometric Analysis with Ordered Categorical Assessment Items
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Walters, Glenn D.; Ruscio, John – Psychological Assessment, 2009
Meehl's taxometric method has been shown to differentiate between categorical and dimensional data, but there are many ways to implement taxometric procedures. When analyzing the ordered categorical data typically provided by assessment instruments, summing items to form input indicators has been a popular practice for more than 20 years. A Monte…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Monte Carlo Methods, Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
Discrepancy Between Self-Reported Self-Disclosure and Actual Self-Disclosure and Its Relationship to Group Psychotherpay Outcome.
Burstein, Laurie J.; And Others – 1980
Self-disclosure (SD) is considered an important part of psychotherapy and an essential ingredient of psychological health. The difference between self-reported SD (how much a patient said he disclosed) and observed SD (how much a therapist said the patient disclosed) was investigated to examine the effects on psychotherapy outcome. Adult…
Descriptors: Classification, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis, Congruence (Psychology)