objectives we aimed to translate the bapt into farsi, assess its content validity, and examine its reliability and validity to identify exclusive breastfeeding discontinuation in iran. materials and methods the bapt was translated into farsi and the content validity of the farsi version of the bapt was assessed. it was administered to 356 pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy, who ...

Emotions are as important the trainings for athletes to show high performance. Optimism and pessimism among emotions that affect athlete In this study, it is aimed develop Athletes Pessimism Scale (AOPS). For purpose, who do individual (n=193) team sports (n=218) were included in study. A total of 411 participated study consisting two groups. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory (CFA...

The objective of the study was to develop a questionnaire named IPQ (Institutional Performance Questionnaire) that measures institutional performance higher educational institutions. scale comprised 11 subscales: Mission Statement and Goal (5 items), Planning Evaluation (3 Organization & Governance, Integrity Faculty Students (2 Institutional Resources Academic Programs Curricula Public Dis...

Objective To evaluate the factor structure of Functional Independence Measure (FIM®) scale amongst people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods This was a retrospective, register-based cohort study on 155 rehabilitants with SCI. FIM was assessed at the beginning and at the end of multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation. The internal consistency of the FIM was assessed with Cronbach's alph...

*Corresponding author at: Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de la Rioja, C/ Luis de Ulloa, s/n, Edificio VIVES, 26002 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. E-mail address: [email protected] (E. Fonseca-Pedrero) Abstract The Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4+ (PDQ-4+) is a self-report used for the assessment of personality disorder traits, however, its psychometric c...

Understanding health insurance is central to affording and accessing health care in the United States. Efforts to support consumers in making wise purchasing decisions and using health insurance to their advantage would benefit from the development of a valid and reliable measure to assess health insurance literacy. This article reports on the development of the Health Insurance Literacy Measur...

Aim: Illness may impact the positivity of a person’s mindset. However, patients with visual impairment, such as uveitis, may struggle to complete questionnaires. The aim of this study was to validate a brief and simple measure of positive mindset in people with uveitis. Method: This study was a cross-sectional survey of 200 people with uveitis. The Positive Mindset Index (PMI) questionnaire use...