objective: the objective of the present study is to investigate the relationship of perceived social selfefficacy (psse) with depression in students. methods: the sample of the present study consisted of 216 adolescent students including 120 males and 96 females randomly selected from different educational institutes of karachi, pakistan. the age of the participants ranged from 16 to 19 years o...

BACKGROUND Although self-management reportedly can improve the health and quality of life of patients with COPD, there is no validated instrument for evaluating the status of the self-management of patients with COPD. METHODS A 51-item COPD Self-Management Scale (CSMS), including 5 domains (symptom management, daily life management, emotion management, information management, and self-efficac...

evaluation of communication abilities in the elderly is crucial for activities which will be performed to improve their quality of life. a valid and reliable questionnaire is needed for assessing communication abilities. we aimed to translate and validate the speech, spatial, and qualities of hearing scale (ssq) in iran. the forward-backward procedure was applied to translate the questionnaire ...

BACKGROUND Self-directed learning is crucial to the professional development of nursing students, and which enables them to expand the knowledge and enhance the quality of their practice. A validated self-directed learning instrument is important not only in assessing the individual's self-directed learning level, but also in evaluating the effectiveness of teaching or learning methods. The aim...

Precipitation is an important parameter in water resource management, urban flood warning systems, and hydrological analyses. forecasting can provide a decision-making basis for relevant organizations, such as those the agricultural sector conservancy departments. In this paper, modified grey self-memory model (MGSM) was constructed by combining function theory. To verify precision of cases whi...

The present study was aimed at assessing the utility of a scale to measure alexithymia in the Indian cultural set up. Vernacular version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) a newly devised self report alexithymia scale was assessed for its psychometric properties in a sample of 116 normal subjects. The scale was found to have adequate internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Factor ...

The lack of specificity of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms represents a diagnostic challenge, especially when assessing psychiatric patients reporting a wide range of complaints. Rate of endorsement of ADHD symptoms, and their association with neuropsychological performance, was examined in a psychiatric sample of 71 adults, who had been referred for a neuropsychologica...

The psychometric properties of a new, 9-item scale measuring disease-specific perceptions of self-efficacy were investigated in a community-based sample of adults (N = 83) with sickle cell disease (SCD). The Sickle Cell Self-Efficacy Scale (SCSES) was comprised of nine questions relating to participants' perceptions of their ability to function on a day-to-day basis and to manage SCD symptomato...

On the basis of the theoretical distinction between self-centeredness and selflessness (Dambrun and Ricard, 2011), the main goal of this research was to develop two new scales assessing distinct dimensions of happiness. By trying to maximize pleasures and to avoid displeasures, we propose that a self-centered functioning induces a fluctuating happiness in which phases of pleasure and displeasur...

Recent work has extended the idea of implicit self-theories to the realm of emotion to assess beliefs in the malleability of emotions. The current article expanded on prior measurement of emotion beliefs in a scale development project. Items were tested and revised over rounds of data collection with both students and nonstudent adult online participants. Exploratory and confirmatory factor ana...