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Wim Peeters,ŝĞŶƐƚ<ĂƚŚŽůŝĞŬKŶĚĞƌǁŝũƐǀnjǁ͕ŶƚǁĞƌƉĞŶ͕ĞůŐŝƵŵ Job De Meyere,dŚŽŵĂƐDŽƌĞ<ĞŵƉĞŶ͕'ĞĞůĞůŐŝƵŵ

Leopold Mathelitsch,hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚćƚ'ƌĂnj͕ƵƐƚƌŝĂ

Costas Constantinou,hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJŽĨLJƉƌƵƐ͕EŝĐŽƐŝĂ͕LJƉƌƵƐ Gesche Pospiech,dĞĐŚŶŝƐĐŚĞhŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚćƚƌĞƐĚĞŶ͕'ĞƌŵĂŶLJ Marisa Michelini, hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚăĚĞŐůŝ^ƚƵĚŝĚŝhĚŝŶĞ͕/ƚĂůLJ

Elvira Folmer, Wout Ottevanger, Marja van Graft and Wilmad Kuiper,^ƚƵĚŝĞĐĞŶƚƌƵŵ>ĞĞƌƉůĂŶ

KŶƚǁŝŬŬĞůŝŶŐ;^>KͿ͕ŶƐĐŚĞĚĞ͕ƚŚĞEĞƚŚĞƌůĂŶĚƐ

Barbara Rovšek,hŶŝǀĞƌnjĂǀ>ũƵďůũĂŶŝ͕^ůŽǀĞŶŝĂ Göran Nordström, hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJŽĨ'ćǀůĞ͕^ǁĞĚĞŶ

Gren Ireson,EŽƚƚŝŶŐŚĂŵdƌĞŶƚhŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͕ƚŚĞhŶŝƚĞĚ<ŝŶŐĚŽŵ

This research was supported by SECURE Project No SIS-CT-2010-266640,- . /012/3

th _{Framework Program} funded by European Commission.

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Curriculum screening instrument

ƐŚŽƵůĚĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĂƐƵŵŵĂƌLJŽĨĂůůŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁƐŽĨƚŚĞƐĂŵĞŬŝŶĚ;ŚŽƌŝnjŽŶƚĂůůLJͿ͕;ϰͿƚŚĞƌĞƉŽƌƚƐŚŽƵůĚŵĞŶƟŽŶ ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚĂŶĚĐůĞĂƌƋƵŽƚĞƐŽĨƚŚĞƉĞŽƉůĞďĞŝŶŐŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁĞĚĂƐĞdžĂŵƉůĞƐŽĨŚŽǁŝĚĞĂƐĂƌĞĞdžƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ͘ ĂƚĂĂŶĚĨŝŶĚŝŶŐƐ

Curriculum Screening Research

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Discussion and Conclusions

ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ŽƵŶĐŝů ;ϮϬϭϬͿ͘ ŽƵŶĐŝů ĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶƐ ŽŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ďĂƐŝĐ ƐŬŝůůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞdžƚ ŽĨ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶĐŽŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶŽŶƐĐŚŽŽůƐĨŽƌƚŚĞϮϭƐƚĐĞŶƚƵƌLJ͘KĸĐŝĂů:ŽƵƌŶĂůŽĨƵƌŽƉĞĂŶhŶŝŽŶϯϮϯ͕ ϯϬ͘ϭϭ͘ϮϬϭϬ͕ϭϭͲϭϰ͘ĚŽŝ͗ϭϬ͘ϯϬϬϬͬϭϳϮϱϮϰϮϯ͘ͺϮϬϭϬ͘ϯϮϯ͘ĞŶŐ

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