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The meaning and uses of language test scores: an argument-based approach to validation
(SAALT/SAVTO, 2012)In this article, I discuss how the quality of language tests can be determined by means of a validation process. In the past, the quality of language tests was often determined by examining their reliability, content ... -
Meaning as Perceived and Experienced by an African Student Group
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)This qualitative study explored what a Batswana group of African students (N = 73) find most meaningful in their life and why those sources of meaning are important to them. Findings showed that, in line with previous ... -
Meaning in Life and Health: Proactive Health Orientation Links Meaning in Life to Health Variables Among American Undergraduates
(Springer, 2015)Mounting research has demonstrated relationships between meaning in life (MIL) and a wide range of health–relevant outcomes, including health symptoms, healthpromoting behaviors, health–risking behaviors, cognitive decline, ... -
Meaning in Life Questionnaire: Adaptation process and psychometric properties of the Brazilian version
(Foundation Advancement Psychology, 2015)This study aimed to present the validation process and the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ). Participants were a nationwide sample of 3020 subjects aged 18–––91 ... -
Meaning in work of secondary school teachers: a qualitative study
(Education Assoc South Africa, 2015)In order to identify specific, shared sources of meaning and mechanisms with which individuals attempt to make meaning, the objectives of this study were to explore the way in which secondary school teachers perceive, ... -
Meaning-making and resilience: case studies of a multifaceted process
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)Explanations of meaning-making generally prioritise intrapersonal processes. Although making meaning is an intrapersonal process, it is also strongly influenced by person-context interactions and cultural positioning. ... -
Meaningful work and secondary school teachers intention to leave
(Education Assoc South Africa, 2015)The study investigates the relations between secondary school teachers work–role fit, job enrichment, supervisor relationships, co–worker relationships, psychological meaningfulness of work and intention to leave. A ... -
Meaning–in–life orientations and values in youth: cross–cultural comparison
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)Search for purposes in life and the meaning of life is one of the developmental tasks in youth. The Meaning-in-Life Orientations test (MOL) is often used to assess purposes in life and meaningfulness of life and is often ... -
Measurement invariance of the emotion regulation questionnaire (ERQ). a cross-national validity study
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)The goal of this research was to examine the measurement invariance of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ; Gross & John, 2003) across two European nations. Participants were Italian and German undergraduate students. ... -
Measurement invariance of the Mental Health Continuum–Short Form (MHC–SF) across three cultural groups
(Elsevier, 2013)This study investigated the factorial structure and invariance of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) across cultural groups from three nations, namely, the Netherlands, South Africa, and Iran (N = 1120). The ... -
Measuring cognitive load in the presence of educational video: towards a multimodal methodology
(Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), 2016)The use of video has become well established in education, from traditional courses to blended and online courses. It has grown both in its diversity of applications as well as its content. Such educational video however ... -
Measuring happiness: results of a cross-national study
(Springer, 2013)The aims of this chapter are to investigate the structural equivalence, item bias, and reliability of the Orientations to Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in the southern African context. ... -
Measuring meaning in life: an empirical comparison of two well-known measures
(Springer, 2016)This study aimed to investigate the extent to which two widely used psychometric instruments (i.e., MLQ-Presence and SoMe-Meaningfulness subscales) measure the same meaning in life latent trait. Participants were 3,020 ... -
Measuring Meaningful Work: the Work and Meaning Inventory (WAMI)
(Sage, 2012)Many people desire work that is meaningful. However, research in this area has attracted diverse ideas about meaningful work (MW), accompanied by an equally disparate collection of ways of assessing MW. To further advance ... -
Measuring receptive collocational competence across proficiency levels
(University of Stellenbosch, 2015)The present study investigates (i) English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ receptive collocational knowledge growth in relation to their linguistic proficiency level; (ii) how much receptive collocational knowledge ... -
Measuring the goodness of governance: macro, intermediate and micro perspectives
(University of Pretoria, 2012)Governance comprises a network of interdependent connections between various actors. The performance of governance institutions should be measured, both quantitatively (efficiency, effectiveness and economy dimensions) and ... -
Media as a catalyst for good governance in South Africa
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Media narrative construction of human rights abuse in Nigeria
(K.N. Raj Library, 2016)Human rights infractions have been a recurring issue in Nigeria. This is probably so because of the military involvement in the governance of the country in the recent past. This also probably explains why there are a ... -
Media-usage patterns and political knowledge of NWU students: the 2009 election
(Unisa Press/ Taylor & Francis, 2011)One of the central elements in a sustainable democracy is an informed and independent voters' corps who is knowledgeable regarding democratic values and the policies of different parties, and who participates in democracy. ... -
Mediating Intercultural Communication: the cultural filter and the Act of Translation/Interpreting
(Centre for the Study of Southern African Literature and Languages, 2002)Commonplaces and strong and passionate views abound when culture, cultural mediation and communication in general are considered. This is no less true in the field of translation and interpreting, where recent theoretical ...