The assessment of self-harm risk is a common, difficult, and perplexing task for many physicians, especially those working in emergency departments (ED). Attempts have been made to determine objective methods for assessing patients with suicidal ideation or self-harm though there is still a lack of knowledge about objective assessments of these patients. A study was conducted where 181 suicidal...

INTRODUCTION Developed using focus groups, the Oily Skin Self Assessment Scale (OSSAS) and Oily Skin Impact Scale (OSIS) are patient-reported outcome measures of oily facial skin. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to finalize the item-scale structure of the instruments and perform psychometric validation in adults with self-reported oily facial skin. METHODS The OSSAS and OSIS were admini...

the aim of this study was investigating the role of self-esteem, humorous styles and shyness in prediction of loneliness in students. the research method was descriptive-correlational and the population was all high school students in the city of damghan. the sample included 250 students (125 boys, and 125 girls) selected through cluster random sampling. to collect the data, four instruments we...

This study reports the development of The Scale of Social Interest for Elementary School Children and examines its reliability and validity. Elementary school students of fourth, fifth, and sixth grades responded to provisional items of the scale, as well as scales assessing mental health, adaptation to school, and sympathy. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted using the provisional ite...

Self-service technologies (SSTs) have enhanced the role technology plays in customer interactions with firms, yet instruments that systematically measure the service quality of SSTs from the perspective of customers remain underdeveloped. Based on psychometric scale development approaches, this study conceptualized, constructed, refined, and tested a multiple-item scale that examined key factor...

The purpose of this research was the definition of the dimensionality of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES; Rosenberg, 1965) among Italian adults. The RSES external relations with self-efficacy and attachment styles were also examined. An important goal was moreover the analysis of the functioning of RSES items when related to self-efficacy and attachment style. A latent trait approach was ...

BACKGROUND Alcohol use is a major public health concern with respect to its impact on youth morbidity and mortality. Self-efficacy to abstain from alcohol use in young people is an important prevention and intervention strategy in future alcohol dependence. However, research on the assessment of self-efficacy to abstain from alcohol use among undergraduate students is almost non-existent in Gha...

abstract introduction: psychological theories and literature have confirmed self-destructiveness patterns in human beings. chronic self-destructiveness has been defined as a tendency to behaviors that increase negative consequences and decrease potential success in the future. the aim of this study was to investigate prediction of chronic self-destructiveness based on the depression symptoms, i...