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a bstra ct      background: the purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties (validity and reliability) of persian version of the 25-item caring dimension inventory (cdi-25). materials and methods: a psychometric instrument validation study was designed. content validity, internal consistency, and stability were confirmed. a total of 288 participants (143 nurses and 145 nurs...

objective: many theorists agree that intimacy is a multidimensional concept and intimacy attitude components are different from intimate behavior components. this research aimed to determine the components of intimacy attitude in university students. methods: based on revised intimacy attitude scale (ias-r) which was originally developed by amidon et al. (1983), intimacy attitude components are...

BACKGROUND Teaching and assessment of communication skills have become essential in medical education. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) has been found as an appropriate means to assess communication skills within medical education. Studies have demonstrated the importance of a valid assessment of medical students' communication skills. Yet, the validity of the performance sc...

Research suggests that Claustrophobia, defined as the fear of enclosed spaces, may be better conceptualized as two separate, but related fears: (1) the fear of suffocation, and (2) the fear of restriction. The Claustrophobia Questionnaire (CLQ) is a self-report measure designed to assess these two fears. The original English version of the CLQ has demonstrated excellent psychometric properties....

BACKGROUND The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) is inarguably one of the best-known instruments in the field of resilience assessment. However, the criteria for the psychometric quality of the instrument were based only on classical test theory. METHOD The aim of this paper has focused on the calibration of the CD-RISC with a nonclinical sample of 444 adults using the Rasch-Andrich ...

AIM The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument with rigorous psychometric properties to comprehensively measure nursing student satisfaction and to identify areas for nursing program enhancement. BACKGROUND Measures of program quality are frequently designed to demonstrate to professional groups that the educational program will prepare graduates for success in a rapidly changing ...

This study defines the psychometric properties of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) quality of life (QOL) questionnaire designed to measure the QOL of patients with ovarian cancer. The ovarian cancer module (EORTC QLQ-OV28) was developed to supplement the EORTC QLQ-C30. The core questionnaire and the QLQ-OV28 were prospectively administered to 368 ovarian ca...