introduction: methodologically correct assessment of patient satisfaction (ps) plays a crucial role for quality-improvement purposes. evaluation of iranian literature on emergency department’s ps resulted in an emerging need for developing a new instrument with satisfactory psychometric properties. the present study, aimed to develop and initially validate a scale to measure ps in emergency dep...

objective: this study aimed to determine the psychometric properties of sociocultural attitude towards appearance questionnaire in female adolescents. method: this was a methodological study. the english version of the questionnaire was translated into persian, using forward-backward method. then the face validity, content validity and reliability were checked. to ensure face validity, the ques...

background and aim: disequilibrium is a common complaint in the elderly. the activities-specific balance confidence (abc) scale is a suitable tool for assessing the level of confidence in balance whilst performing daily activities. the purpose of the study was translation, cultural adaptation and evaluation of the reliability and validity of the activities-specific balance confidence scale for ...

background: snap-iv rating scale developed by swanson, nolan and pelham to diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd). the aim of this study was determination of psychometrics specifications of this scale. methods: this was a methodological, applied and validity assessment study. one thousand students at 7 to 12 years of age in primary school in tehran city were selected by cluste...

The aim of present study was two-fold: i) to translate and adapt the Regulation Eating Behavior Scale Portuguese (REBSp), ii) analyze its psychometrics properties (factorial validity with gender invariance analyses, reliability construct validity). sample composed by 471 participants (68.4% females) a mean age 30.5 years (SD = 11.2). Structural equation modeling used verify psychometric scale u...

Abstract The study establishes the validity of a new measure child and adolescent hedonic eudaimonic wellbeing designed for international use based on social evolutionary theory. advances fields psychometrics happiness studies by providing first a-contextual assessment both that is suitable with children adolescents. Child Adolescent Personal Social Assessment Wellbeing contains brief (8-items)...

Public stigma may significantly impact adolescents with substance use disorders (SUDs), leading to limited treatment accessibility and utilization. However, few measures have been validated assess public SUD towards adolescents. In this study we developed the Attribution Questionnaire-Substance Use Disorder (AQ-SUD) by modifying Questionnaire, a commonly used measure of mental illness stigma. W...

We introduce a relational operationalisation of data which generalises, among others, the deterministic information systems of [22], the indeterministic systems of [15] and [20], and the context relation of [26]; it can also be used for fuzzy data modelling. Using an example from the area of psychometrics, we show how our operationalisation can lead to an improved understanding of agreements an...

A consensus definition of intelligence remains elusive but there are many reasons to believe that the field of intelligence is entering a new era of significant progress. The convergence of recent advances in psychometrics, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience has set the stage for the development of stronger theories and more sophisticated models. The establishment of a new open access journ...