Author(s): Mebarak M; Maïano C; Mendoza J; Chirullo V; Coneo AMC; Compte EJ; Cruz-Licea V; Góngora VC; Henríquez C; Martínez-Banfi M; Mejía Rodriguez DL; Pescetto I; Selma H; Boothroyd LG; Thornborrow T; Todd J; Swami V;

The Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) is increasingly used within diverse national and linguistic contexts, but assessments of its functioning across groups remains limited. To extend knowledge, we examined measurement invariance of the FAS across five Latin American nations (Argentina, Chil ...

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Author(s): Zhang W; Qian H; L' Heureux J; Johns G; Koehoorn M; Woodcock S;

Cost-effectiveness guidelines recommend including productivity losses in economic evaluations conducted from a societal perspective. However, work productivity loss estimates, including absenteeism and presenteeism, are lacking for a general working population. This limits the ability of researchers and decision makers to comprehensively evaluate the incr ...

Article GUID: 41469277

Author(s): Fang T; Chen Z; Feng H; Chen P; Chang Z;

Indexable face milling tools are often used to machine workpieces with large axial and radial depth of cuts, and thus, the inserts quickly wear out in machining. A kernel technique of smart machining is tool wear compensation, which is to regularly and automatically measure the insert radius/length with a laser tool setter on the machine table during mach ...

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Author(s): Gumuchian ST; Boyle A; Kennedy G; Wong SF; Ellenbogen MA;

Despite high recurrence rates in major depressive disorder (MDD), little is known about the factors influencing recurrence. Understanding the changes that occur between major depressive episodes (MDEs) is imperative. It is possible that being fearful of experiencing another MDE may lead to cognitive and behavioural changes that increase MDD recurrence ris ...

Article GUID: 40391691

Author(s): Mebarak M; Maïano C; Mendoza J; Zamora Á; Baños R; Desdentado L; Miragall M; Herrero R; Swami V;

The Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) is increasingly used in diverse national and linguistic contexts. However, limited work has assessed the extent to which the instrument demonstrates measurement invariance and differential item functioning (DIF) across nations and respondent characterist ...

Article GUID: 39244790

Author(s): Mayo NE; Auais M; Barclay R; Branin J; Dawes H; Korfage IJ; Sawchuk K; Tal E; White CL; Ayoubi Z; Ekediegwu E; Mate K; Nadeau L; Rodriguez S; Kuspinar A;

Introduction: Through interviews with 148 older persons from four countries and in four languages, the content for a 17-item measure of active living was developed. The purpose of this paper is to present further evidence of the extent to which this new measure, Older Persons Active Living (OPAL) ...

Article GUID: 39012558

Author(s): Drouin-Rousseau S; Fernet C; Austin S; Fabi B; Morin AJS;

Purpose: Although human resource management (HRM) practices all seek to support and improve organizational functioning, the value ascribed to various HRM practices differs greatly among employees. Drawing on an exhaustive measure of HRM practices, this study proposed a new conceptualization and measure of HRM values, the HRM Values Scale (HRM-VS). Design ...

Article GUID: 37213377

Author(s): Yousefi R; Panahi Moghaddam SA; Salahi H; Woods R; Abolhasani M; Eini-Zinab H; Saidpour A;

Obesity is associated with maladaptive eating behaviors, including food addiction (FA) and binge eating disorder (BED). However, the key factors influencing the development of maladaptive eating behaviors remain unknown. Adherence to specified dietary patterns has been suspected of making indirec ...

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Author(s): Maïano C; Morin AJS; Gagnon C; Olivier E; Tracey D; Craven RG; Bouchard S;

The objective of the study was to validate adapted versions of the Glasgow Anxiety Scale for people with Intellectual Disabilities (GAS-ID) simultaneously developed in English and French. A sample of 361 youth with mild to moderate intellectual disability (ID) (M = 15.78 years) from Australia (English-speaking) and Canada (French-speaking) participated in ...

Article GUID: 35138559

Author(s): Olivier E; Lacombe C; Morin AJS; Houle SA; Gagnon C; Tracey D; Craven RG; Maïano C;

This study proposes a revision (R) of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for youth with ID (CESD-ID) in English and French. 346 youth (36.02% girls) with mild (51.26%) and moderate (48.78%) ID (11-22 years; M = 15.69), enrolled in secondary schools in Canada (French-speaking; n = 115), and Australia (English-speaking; n = 231), as well ...

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Author(s): Maïano C; Morin AJS; Tracey D; Gagnon C; Smodis McCune V; Craven RG;

Purpose: To validate a version of the Motives for Physical Activity Measure (MPAM) adapted for youth with intellectual disabilities (ID). Materials and methods: A sample of 359 youth with mild to moderate ID from Australia and Canada respectively completed English and French versions of the MPAM-ID. Results: Exploratory structural equation models suppor ...

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