تحلیل ‌میزان ‌و ‌چگونگی آسیب‌پذیری ‌بافت‌‌های‌ ‌شهری‌ به ‌‌برنامه‌ریزان‌‌ و ‌مدیران ‌‌شهری ‌در ‌‌تصمیم‌گیری‌های ‌مناسب ‌انتخاب راه حل‌‌های‌ کنترل‌ ‌مقابل ‌با ‌مخاطرات‌ احتمالی‌کمک ‌مؤثری ‌می‌کند. بنابراین در تحقیق حاضر میزان بافت جدید (منطقۀ یک) قدیمی چهار) شهر ارومیه بر اساس شاخص‌های پدافند غیرعامل حملات هوایی ارزیابی تطبیقی می‌شود. برای رسیدن هدف، پس از مطالعۀ منابع مرتبط، تعداد 10 شاخص بین ع...

Marijuana motives are a proximal variable to marijuana use. This research aimed to adapt and validate the short form of the Marijuana Motives Measure (MMM; Simons, Correia, Carey, y Borsari, 1998), the MMM SF, in Spanish.  The sample comprised 232 participants (mean age = 25.11 (7.58), 50.43% males) who had tried marijuana at least once in their lifetime. Item and Rasch analyses were perfo...

Smith and colleagues developed the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) to assess the individual ability to recover from stress despite significant adversity. This study aimed to validate the German version of the BRS. We used data from a population-based (sample 1: n = 1.481) and a representative (sample 2: n = 1.128) sample of participants from the German general population (age ≥ 18) to assess relia...

BACKGROUND The use of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) as a single measure has been pointed out as problematic by many authors and its originally proposed structure has repeatedly been called into question. The negative facets of this construct are more strongly related to psychopathology than the positive indicators. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the different structures pro...

AIM This paper is a report of a study conducted to develop and test the psychometric properties of the Nurse-Physician Collaboration Scale. BACKGROUND The importance of cooperation between healthcare professionals is widely acknowledged in Europe and the United States of America, but there have been no specific studies of interactions between healthcare professionals or of nurse-physician coo...

BACKGROUND Team effectiveness is often explained on the basis of input-process-output (IPO) models. According to these models a relationship between organizational culture (input = I), interprofessional teamwork (process = P) and job satisfaction (output = O) is postulated. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between these three aspects using structural analysis. METHODS A m...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Access to antiretroviral treatment among adolescents living with HIV (ALH) is increasing. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is relevant for monitoring the impact of the disease on both well-being and treatment outcomes. However, adequate screening tools to assess HRQOL in low-resource settings are scarce. This study aims to fill this research gap, by 1) assessing ...

BACKGROUND There is a need for useful standardized Quality of Life (QoL) measures for people diagnosed with schizophrenia. Therefore, a short form of the self-administered Quality of Life in Schizophrenia (QLiS) scale was developed and validated. METHODS Four steps were taken to develop the abridged version using samples from the Clinical Analysis of the Treatment of Schizophrenia (CATS) stud...

BACKGROUND The Ottawa Self-Injury Inventory (OSI) is a self-report measure that offers a comprehensive assessment of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), including measurement of its functions and addictive features. In a preliminary investigation of self injuring college students who completed the OSI, exploratory analysis revealed four function factors (Internal Emotion Regulation, Social Influenc...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the properties of the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) when applied to Brazilian adults and to test its invariance across independent samples and different sociodemographic groups. Sociodemographic data, reports on previous unpleasant dental experiences and DAS responses were collected through telephone interviews. Metric properties of the one and two-factor mode...