Graphical chain modelling (GCM) and structural equation modelling (SEM) are two approaches to modelling longitudinal data. Both approaches have their origins in path analysis and provide pictorial representations of the association between variables, which are usually ordered temporally. Both methods also aim to identify the direct and indirect effects of one variable on another.While the SEMap...

BACKGROUND Breaking bad news is one of the most stressful and difficult things a physician has to do. Good communication skills are required in order to ensure that bad news is delivered in a humane but effective way. OBJECTIVES This study was designed to explore the preferences and attitude of the Saudi population toward receiving bad news. Second, it was to identify the associations between...

....................................................................................................v CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION...........................................................................1 Social Changes and Their Impacts on Gender Relations – A Case of the United States........3 Changes in Work and Family........................................................................3 Dem...

• We examine the relation between age and gender gap in attitude toward competition. Attitude competition has a U-shaped with for men. becomes more positive over women. observe pattern of age. A large body literature shown existence competitiveness handful experimental works investigating impact on this lead to inconclusive results. propose an empirical investigation that, which is based survey...

The aim of this research was to explore the relationship among students’ attitudes toward programming, gender and academic achievement in programming. The scale used for measuring students’ attitudes toward programming was developed by the researcher and consisted of 35 five-point Likert type items in four subscales. The scale was administered to 179 students who enrolled in introductory comput...

OVERVIEW The O.J. Simpson " trial of the century " in the mid-1990s captured the attention of the American populace more than any other public spectacle since the kidnaping of the Lindberg baby in the 1920s. A prominent football player and popular sportscaster was charged with a gruesome double homicide. The attorneys for the prosecution and defense were of various races and genders. The eviden...

The study sought to explain remedial learners’ attitude towards English language using three variables: gender, age and locus of control. Three properly validated instruments were used to collect data on the relevant variables from 385 remedial English learners randomly selected from 5 remedial education centers in Ibadan, Nigeria. Data analysis involved the use of multiple regression to explai...