BACKGROUND The adult ADHD Self-Report Scale Thai version (ASRS-V1.1) (18 items) is a questionnaire for screening adult ADHD. AIM To test the validity and reliability of the 18-question ASRS-V1.1 Thai version (ASRS-V1.1 TH) as a screening tool for adult ADHD. METHODS The original 18-question ASRS-V1.1 version was translated into Thai. The process was composed of forward-translation, synthesi...

Corpus-based lexicography is an effective task for building a dictionary for languages, which exhibit explicit word boundaries. However, for nonword-boundary languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Thai, it is an arduous job. Because in these languages, there are no clear criteria what words are, the most difficult task for building a corpus-based dictionary for these languages is the process o...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess whether workplace bullying mediates between job strain, evaluated by the job demand-control model, and symptoms of depression and sleep disturbance. METHODS The subjects in this cross-sectional study were recruited from all the workers (N=2,634) at 50 organizations in Japan. Due to missing data, the numbers of subjects included in the analyses...

PURPOSE Research on the prospective association of job demands and job resources with work engagement is still limited in Asian countries, such as Japan. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the prospective association of job demands (i.e., psychological demands and extrinsic effort) and job resources (i.e., decision latitude, supervisor support, co-worker support, and extrinsic ...

BACKGROUND Previous research suggests that social workers experience high levels of stress and burnout but most remain committed to their work. AIMS To examine the prevalence of stress and burnout, and job satisfaction among mental health social workers (MHSWs) and the factors responsible for this. METHOD A postal survey incorporating the General Health Questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Invent...

In order to examine the relationship between the intention to stay on the job and job satisfaction among Japanese nurses, and to obtain clues for preventing turnover, we conducted a questionnaire survey. The subjects involved in the survey included 625 female nurses (registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and assistant nurses) working in 4 small and medium-sized private hospitals, excludi...