UNLABELLED This study examines the Thai version of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) for its psychometric properties. METHODS In total 462 participants were recruited - 310 medical students from Chiang Mai University and 152 psychiatric patients, and they completed the Thai version of the MSPSS, the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem S...

The goals of this study are to evaluate the impact of a distressed environment on self-esteem in Jamaican adolescent girls and to assess the impact of behavioural patterns on self-esteem. Participants were African-Jamaicans ages 13-17 years from a Place of Safety (experimental group) and local high schools (control group). All participants completed the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) while ...

The goal of this study was to evaluate the efficacy hand camp by investigating participation and outcomes on self-esteem, physical function, activity participation, peer relationships. Forty patients with a congenital difference seen in clinic between ages 10 13 were eligible attend camp. Participation involved completion questionnaires at 3-time points: before (Pre-Camp Questionnaires), immedi...

INTRODUCTION Ankylosing spondylitis (AS), which has an unknown etiology, inflammatory disorder, characterized by inflammation of the spinal joints and adjacent structures. It has a negatif effect on all aspects of a patients's life: Physcally, psychologically and socially. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of AS on self-esteem and alexithymia. METHOD In this study, 50 pati...

The aim of this research is to analyze the predictive role self-esteem, attachment styles, and origin family functions in explaining conflict resolution romantic relationships. A total 265 adult participants were administered Demographics Form, Conflict Resolution Styles Scale (CRSS), Rosenberg Self-Esteem (RSES), Experiences Close Relationships-Revised (ECR-R), Family Assessment Device (FAD). ...

Abstract Ontological Addiction Theory is a metaphysical theory of mental illness which conceptualises psychological suffering in terms excessive ego-centeredness. This study aimed to develop and validate the Scale (OAS) compare OAS scores with health measures. A 31-item prototype scale was developed based on traditional Buddhist contemporary models addiction. An ego-centeredness form Five-Facto...

PURPOSE To identify the determinants of schizophrenia-specific HRQoL levels, five types of factors (i.e., sociodemographic, clinical, psychopathological, neurocognitive, and psychosocial factors) were simultaneously investigated in the same cross-sectional sample. METHODS A total of 120 patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia but not spectrum conditions were recruited by convenience sampli...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to examine the reliability and the validity of the Turkish translation of the Eysneck Personality Questionnaire Revised-abbreviated Form (EPQR-A) (Francis et al., 1992), which consists of 24 items that assess neuroticism, extraversion, psychoticism, and lying. METHOD The questionnaire was first translated into Turkish and then back translated. Subseq...