Ambivalence Predicts Symptomatology in Cognitive-Behavioral and Narrative Therapies: An Exploratory Study

an exploratory study of differential item functioning (dif) in efl reading comprehension

بررسی دلایل عملکرد متفاوت سوالات آزمون درک مطلب به زبان خارجی تاریخچه ی تحقیق درباره ی منابع عملکرد مختلف سوالات (دیف) در آزمون درک مطلب پر است از مجموعه ای از متغیرهای فرضیه ای که چند مورد از مهمترین آنها عبارتند از: جنسیت، آشنایی با موضوع متن، علاقه به موضوع یا محتوای متن، حدس زدن، و عوامل بافت اجتماعی (پی 2004؛ زومبو و گلین 2005). مطالعه حاضر با استناد به فلسفه ی انکارپذیری پوپر عوامل ذکر...

an investigation of accuracy and complexity across different proficiency levels in written narrative task

abstract this quasi-experimental study was aimed at examining the impact of storyline complexity on the grammatical accuracy and complexity of advanced and intermediate efl learners. a total of 65 advanced and intermediate efl learners were selected from iran language institute (ili). an intact group including 35 intermediate participants and another intact group with 30 advanced participants ...

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for ADHD

Narrative skills in children with selective mutism: an exploratory study.

Selective mutism (SM) is a rare and complex disorder associated with anxiety symptoms and speech-language deficits; however, the nature of these language deficits has not been studied systematically. A novel cross-disciplinary assessment protocol was used to assess anxiety and nonverbal cognitive, receptive language, and expressive narrative abilities in 7 children with SM and a comparison grou...

Linguistic characteristics of patients with bulimic symptomatology in an online post-treatment program: an exploratory study

BACKGROUND No former investigation has been performed related to the linguistic characteristics of patients with eating disorders using online synchronous communication mediums like chats. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the linguistic predictors of improvement in eating disorder-related attitudes, behaviours and emotional distress of patients with eating disorders. M...