the main purpose of this study was to examine psychometric properties of a short version of the self-regulation inventory (sri-s) including internal consistency, test-retest reliability, content validity, and convergent and discriminant validity. three hundred and fifty seven iranian volunteers (150 males, 207 females) were included in this study. all participants were asked to complete the sri...

Any system to compensate countries for reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) requires a historical reference level against which future performance can be measured. Here we examine the possibilities Sri Lanka, a small forest country with limited data on forest carbon stocks, has to get ready for REDD+. We construct a historical reference level using available fores...

BACKGROUND Several factors influence the beginning and maintenance of substance use. The purpose of this study was to examine as well as to compare 'self-regulation' in both substance dependent and non-substance dependent individuals. METHOD In a cross-sectional study 228 (118 substance dependent and 110 with no history of using substance) participants aged 16-55 were recruited. All of the pa...

UNLABELLED Operant behavioral models of chronic pain posit that the pain behaviors and disability of patients with chronic pain can be influenced by social contingencies, such as significant others' responses to pain and well behaviors. The aim of the present study was to develop and evaluate a comprehensive measure of spouse responses to patient pain and well behaviors, the Spouse Response Inv...

Exploratory factor analyses (EFAs) and confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were used to investigate the structure of the Student Report Inventory (SRI) and Parent Report Inventory (PRI) of the College Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Response Evaluation. The sample was composed of 1,080 college students and their parents and was stratified by ethnicity, gender, ability level, age...

This study was designed to develop an inventory to measure peer violence among early teens (13-15 years of age) in schools in Sri Lanka. Development of SLETVI was carried out in two phases. In phase I, development of an operational definition for peer violence, identification, and finalizing violent acts for inventory was done by a combination of qualitative methods: a comprehensive literature ...

Background: Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has always been used as an effective method to improve emotion regulation and train patients reduce mental disorders. Therefore, the current research investigated effectiveness of CBT on self-regulation its components in with schizophrenia. Methods: This was a semi-experimental study experimental group control group. The statistical population this...

The present study examined the relationship between sex-role identity (SRI) and functional cerebral lateralization (FCL) in right-handed males. Two tasks (figure task and location task) were used to assess FCL. The figure task required the identification of shape stimuli, while the location task involved identification of the position of stimuli. SRI was assessed by the Bem Sex Role Inventory (...

The aim of this study was to explore the associations between occupational stress measured through job demand control (JDC), and burnout among lawyers in Sri Lanka. The job demand-control model and the burnout model are among the most used theoretical frameworks that relate job characteristics to health and well-being of individuals. This study included 290 respondent lawyers practicing in the ...

the aim of this study was to explore the associations between occupational stress measured through job demand control (jdc), and burnout among lawyers in sri lanka. the job demand-control model and the burnout model are among the most used theoretical frameworks that relate job characteristics to health and well-being of individuals. this study included 290 respondent lawyers practicing in the ...