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I am responsible for a longitudinal project, aiming at knowing how mindfulness practice in daily life impacts the psychological well-being of adults with anxiety. The project’s duration is 3 months and each participant needs to report their experience of psychological well-being three times a day at a fixed timeslot. My question is, how can I prevent a high dropout rate in my study?Thank you.

I am responsible for a longitudinal project, aiming at knowing how mindfulness practice in daily life impacts the psychological well-being of adults with anxiety. The project’s duration is 3 month ...

Theo Hughes

7 April 2025

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A follow-up question, what kind of statistical method should I use to analyse the effectiveness of mindfulness intervention for adults with anxiety? Thank you.

Theo Hughes

7 April 2025

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I participated in an evaluation of the effectiveness of a mindfulness intervention for adults with anxiety. My question is, which confounding factors should I consider prior to collecting data? Thank you.

I participated in an evaluation of the effectiveness of a mindfulness intervention for adults with anxiety. My question is, which confounding factors should I consider prior to collecting data? Th ...

Eli Simmons

7 April 2025

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A follow-up question, if I used an RCT research design to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness intervention for adults with anxiety, is there any way that I can calculate how many participants I should recruit? Thank you.

A follow-up question, if I used an RCT research design to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness intervention for adults with anxiety, is there any way that I can calculate how many participants ...

Eli Simmons

7 April 2025

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If I want to examine the effectiveness of an intervention, such as mindfulness intervention for adults with anxiety, what research design should I use? Thank you.

Lincoln Bennett

7 April 2025

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As a social worker, I think empathy plays an important role in our workplace. Without empathy, we cannot take service recipients’ perspectives and then cannot provide suitable service to them. my question is, I want to further investigate the topic related to empathy, are there any resources that I can utilize? Thank you.

As a social worker, I think empathy plays an important role in our workplace. Without empathy, we cannot take service recipients’ perspectives and then cannot provide suitable service to them. my ...

Lincoln Bennett

7 April 2025

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After reviewing some scales about emotion regulation, I found some of them are 5-Likert scale, and some of them are 7-Likert scale. If the two scales both measure a similar construct, which Likert scale is better? Thank you.

After reviewing some scales about emotion regulation, I found some of them are 5-Likert scale, and some of them are 7-Likert scale. If the two scales both measure a similar construct, which Likert ...

Max Jenkins

7 April 2025

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I have a follow-up question, if the reliability of the five-facet mindfulness scale is .5, and the validity is .6. Are they good or bad? Thank you.

Max Jenkins

7 April 2025

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Hello! I am going to use a five-facet mindfulness scale to evaluate people’s perceptions and feelings about their emotions. My question is, when I write the result part, what are the basic statistics that I should report regarding this scale? Thank you.

Hello! I am going to use a five-facet mindfulness scale to evaluate people’s perceptions and feelings about their emotions. My question is, when I write the result part, what are the basic statist ...

Colton Carter

7 April 2025

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As a social worker, one of the job duties is helping to collect service recipients’ survey data after each training session. My question is, what strategies can I employ to ensure that I obtain high-quality data?Thank you.

As a social worker, one of the job duties is helping to collect service recipients’ survey data after each training session. My question is, what strategies can I employ to ensure that I obtain h ...

Colton Carter

7 April 2025

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As a social worker, one of my service recipients was stuck with negative emotions given the work pressure and poor relationships with others. For the primary evaluation purpose, do you have any suggestions and tools for the evaluation of an individual’s emotions? Thank you so much.

As a social worker, one of my service recipients was stuck with negative emotions given the work pressure and poor relationships with others. For the primary evaluation purpose, do you have any su ...

Samuel Torres

7 April 2025

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My agency is going to study how service recipients of the community control, manage, and regulate their emotions by using scales related to emotional reappraisal and emotional suppression. My question is, how should I choose the appropriate scale among several scales that are both relevant to my question? Thank you.

My agency is going to study how service recipients of the community control, manage, and regulate their emotions by using scales related to emotional reappraisal and emotional suppression. My ques ...

Samuel Torres

7 April 2025

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