The present study uses structural equation modeling to explore the structural relationship of child behavior type and its evaluation during dental treatment. The study population consisted of 33 children at their first visit to a pediatric dentist at the Dental Hospital of Tsurumi University. Child behavior was evaluated by the Frankl Behavior Rating Scale and the behavior evaluation scale deve...

The doctoral defense is an important step in the journey and essential requirement for obtaining a degree. Past research on has focused solely national practices. In this work, I investigate potential link between format based its major minor elements perception of by student. For purpose, first reviewed different formats used internationally to extract defense, literature students’ perceptions...

INTroDucTIoN The advances in the development of net-centric approaches to all aspects of government have had major impacts in how government personnel operate day to day. This is particularly true for individuals functioning in the domains of national security and defense. There has been a broad impact on the organizational behavior and management in most military and intelligence communities. ...

This study examined the association between romantic relationships and delinquency in adolescence and young adulthood. Using a large, longitudinal, and nationally representative sample, results from negative binomial regressions showed a positive association between romantic involvement and delinquency in adolescence. Further, the cumulative number of romantic relationships from adolescence to ...

Despite the prevalence and popularity of research on positive and negative affect within the field of psychology, there is currently little research on affect involving the examination of cultural variables and with participants of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. To the authors' knowledge, currently no empirical studies have comprehensively examined predictive models of positive and ne...

Fearing the Uncertain: A Causal Exploration of Self-Esteem, Self-Uncertainty, and Mortality Salience by Zachary P. Hohman Claremont Graduate University: 2012 Social identity theory (Tajfel & Turner, 1979) is one of the most influential social psychological theories of group behavior and intergroup relations. Early social identity research focused on many different group processes; however, the ...

The ADTool is free, open source software assisting graphical modeling and quantitative analysis of security, using attack–defense trees. The main features of the ADTool are easy creation, efficient editing, and automated bottom-up evaluation of security-relevant measures. The tool also supports the usage of attack trees, protection trees and defense trees, which are all particular instances of ...