INTRODUCTION Since the response of spouses has been proven to be an important reinforcement of pain behaviour and disability it has been addressed in research and therapy. Fordyce suggested pain behaviour and well behaviour be considered in explaining suffering in chronic pain patients. Among existing instruments concerning spouse's responses the aspect of well behaviour has not been examined s...

background self-efficacy is an important predicator of coping with stress. objectives this study aimed to determine the psychometric characteristics of the coping self-efficacy (cse) scale among hiv-infected iranian patients. patients and methods psychometric properties of the cse scale were examined by using a cross-sectional study design. one hundred and twenty hiv-infected iranian patients t...

background and aim : self-administered questionnaires are clinically important to document how tinnitus affects the daily life of patients. in this regard, there is a need to have an alternative questionnaire that covers relevant aspects of tinnitus and related symptoms. the present study aimed to develop and validate a new tinnitus questionnaire known as tinnitus handicap que­stionnaire or bor...

Abstract The present study aimed to develop and validate the Scale of Attitudes towards Lynching (Escala de Atitudes frente ao Linchamento - EAL). For this purpose, 2 studies were conducted. Study 1 test measure’s structure-based validity internal consistency included 428 undergraduate graduate students from 5 Brazilian regions, with a mean age 26.86 (SD =7.92). results first showed adequate ps...

How are mystical experiences related to self-rated spirituality? Is the recently developed short 8-item version of Hood’s Mysticism Scale an efficient measurement? The current study expands evidence for both questions using N = 1,582 American and 1,492 German samples measured in three waves, average 4 5 years apart. Results show that brief M-Scale has good psychometric property evidenced by 1) ...

BACKGROUND Stigma associated with tuberculosis (TB) has been an object of interest in several regions of the world. The behaviour presented by patients as a result of social discrimination has contributed to delays in diagnosis and the abandonment of treatment, leading to an increase in the cases of TB and drug resistance. The identification of populations affected by stigma and its measurement...

Time perception is studied with subjective or semi-objective psychophysical methods. With subjective methods, observers provide quantitative estimates of duration and data depict the psychophysical function relating subjective duration to objective duration. With semi-objective methods, observers provide categorical or comparative judgments of duration and data depict the psychometric function ...

OBJECTIVE Due to a proliferation of measures for different components of the home environment related to childhood obesity, the purpose of the present systematic review was to examine these tools and the degree to which they can validly and reliably assess the home environment. DESIGN Relevant manuscripts published between 1998 and 2010 were obtained through electronic database searches and m...

Aiming at the measurement of cement rotary kiln’s axis, the paper presents the design method of a wireless dynamic measurement system for rotary kiln’s axis. A wireless sensor network monitoring system that can collect multiple parameters was designed, which integrates the detection functions for kiln shell axis deviation, kiln tire axis deviation and drive gear synchronizing signal, and has th...

A valid tool that contributes to the diagnosis of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is represented by the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire 2007 (DCDQ'07). Recently we developed the Italian version of DCDQ (DCDQ-Italian). The aim of this study was to further analyze the psychometric properties in a sample of Italian school children aged 5-12 years and to establish cut-of...