Measuring migration motives with open‐ended survey data: Methodological and conceptual issues

Measuring Changes in Emotion During Psychotherapy: Conceptual and Methodological Issues

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Methodological issues in measuring coercion

Methods 928 patients, aged 18–60, admitted to acute psychiatric wards in the Nordic countries were interviewed focusing on their experiences during admission. We used a questionnaire where both the MacArthurPerceived Coercion Scale (MPCS) and "The Coercion Ladder" (CL; a ten step visual analogue scale) were included. Information from medical records was obtained and participants were assessed b...

Pain in infancy: conceptual and methodological issues.

The concept of pain in infancy was explored. It was suggested that our every day usage of the term pain be applied to infants. Essentially this suggestion is that we infer that an infant has a subjective experience that is unpleasant when there is evidence of tissue damage and the infant responds with signs of distress, such as crying, increased heart rate, facial expression consistent with dis...

Behavioral phenotypes: conceptual and methodological issues.

Specific behavioral patterns associated with chromosomal and genetic disorders are being recognized more frequently. The hope is that the demonstration of a behavioral phenotype with a particular syndrome may lead to the isolation of the behavior's genetic determinants. Three issues are considered here: the problem of defining a behavioral phenotype, the difficulty of demonstrating the existenc...

Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Media Monitoring