"Q-Sort" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A personality assessment technique in which the subject or observer indicates the degree to which a standardized set of descriptive statements actually describes the subject. The term reflects "sorting" procedures occasionally used with this technique.
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D011779
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F04.513.636
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Q-Sort" by people in Profiles.
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Chung J, Chen HC. Using Q Methodology in Nursing Education Research: A Case Study. Nurse Educ. 2020 Mar/Apr; 45(2):E19-E20.
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Meade LB, Caverzagie KJ, Swing SR, Jones RR, O'Malley CW, Yamazaki K, Zaas AK. Playing with curricular milestones in the educational sandbox: Q-sort results from an internal medicine educational collaborative. Acad Med. 2013 Aug; 88(8):1142-8.
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Kim DS, Kim HS, Schwartz-Barcott D, Zucker D. The nature of hope in hospitalized chronically ill patients. Int J Nurs Stud. 2006 Jul; 43(5):547-56.