RateMyProfessors.com: A Validity Exercise

Nelson, C. Leigh; Fife, Eric M.

doi:10.1080/17404622.2012.730621

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“…When searching through 10 recent issues of Communication Teacher, eight activities are suggested for research methods. Of these, three (see Morrow, Kelly, & Skolits, 2013;Nelson & Fife, 2013;Rockwell, 2012) provide suggestions suitable for teaching quantitative methods. Previous publications focus on communicating abstract methodological concepts (see Andrews, 2013;Griffin & Cohen, 2012;Kelly & Davis, 2011;Tolman, 2013;Zaslow, 2012) rather than experiential activities and data collection.…”

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Course: Undergraduate Communication Research MethodsObjectives: This activity introduces students to data sets by demonstrating how individual answers form data for classroom analysis. Students learn the process of variable operationalization, measures of central tendency, and data dispersion. This activity transforms the idea of "data" from an abstract concept to a concrete one by engaging students in an empirical learning activity.

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“…It is made up of concurrent validity and predictive validity (Nelson & Fife, 2013). Concurrent validity is the extent to which an instrument corresponds to an external criterion that is presently known to be valid.…”

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Depression explanatory models of primary care patients and doctors: Relationship with self-stigma, communication effectiveness, and recovery

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This thesis examines the role of patient and doctor perspectives in primary care depression management. The analytical term chosen to explore these perspectives is Kleinman's explanatory model (EM), defined as "notions about an episode of sickness and its treatment that are employed by all those engaged in the clinical process" (1980, p. 105). This research is exploratory and focuses mainly on patients, with input from a small number of general practitioners (GPs).I examine self-stigma in depression patients because there has been an attempt in recent years to reduce stigma by describing depression as a medical condition like diabetes. This may have decreased some public stigma, but the association between biomedical explanations for depression and patient self-stigma has not been studied in-depth. Self-stigma is the internalisation of negative stereotypes and prejudices about having mental illness and it can inhibit help-seeking and outcomes more than public stigma. Another factor that can influence depression outcomes is the therapeutic relationship between patient and their doctor. Studies report empathy and good communication as Quantitative analysis methods mainly consisted of non-parametric tests for differences between groups and strength of correlations. Interviews were analysed manually and with textual analysis software Leximancer.RQ1 results showed that most participants had a strong or moderate belief about whether biomedical and/or psychosocial factors caused their depression, and most EM beliefs did not change over time. RQ2 results indicated that biomedical belief was associated with lower helpseeking inhibition but also greater alienation. RQ3 results highlighted that endorsement of GPpatient cooperation was strongly positively correlated with communication effectiveness. Patient interviews yielded exemplars to illustrate these findings. RQ4 results from a paired study (n = 29) suggest that the GPs were aware of and concordant with their patient's EMs. Awareness appears to be more important in determining recovery than concordance. Incidentally, GP interviews showed that doctors mostly accorded importance to knowing their patient's EM but concordance was seen as less crucial.This thesis gives new understanding about depression EM beliefs that are associated with lower patient self-stigma and more effective GP-patient communication. Results from this research on awareness-concordance were not generalisable due to the small sample size, but future work with larger samples will undoubtedly yield more insights into the importance of EMs in primary care depression management.

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RateMyProfessors.com: A Validity Exercise

Cited by 2 publications

References 6 publications

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Depression explanatory models of primary care patients and doctors: Relationship with self-stigma, communication effectiveness, and recovery

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