the obsessive beliefs questionnaire-44 (obq-44), a self-report measure, was developed by the obsessive compulsive cognitions working group (occwg) to assess beliefs considered relevant in the etiology and maintenance of obsessions and compulsions. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the persian language version of the obsessive beliefs questionnaire (pobq-44...

The Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scale was a significant contribution to the development of the locus of control construct in establishing the importance of multiple sources of control. This article suggests that further development of the construct should include two distinct aspects of control beliefs: strategy and capacity beliefs. A confirmatory factor analysis that teste...

UNLABELLED Although research has shown that patients' beliefs about their pain are related to pain adjustment and treatment outcomes, little is known about the beliefs of their significant others. The purpose of this study was to develop a measure of pain beliefs in significant others and to examine the correlates of these beliefs. Participants were 104 married couples in which 1 partner report...

Form C of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scales (MHLC-C) was designed to investigate health-related control beliefs of persons with an existing medical condition. The aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of this instrument in a culture characterized by external control beliefs and learned helplessness-contrary to the societal context of original test...

Low perceived control is considered a risk factor for poor cognitive functioning, but the mechanisms are unclear. The goal of the present study was to analyze anxiety and task interference as sequential mediators of the association between control beliefs and episodic memory. Cognitive-specific control beliefs were assessed prior to the lab session. State anxiety was assessed in the lab, follow...

In this research, the decision on belief (DOB) approach was employed to analyze and classify the states of uni-variate quality control systems. The concept of DOB and its application in decision making problems were introduced, and then a methodology for modeling a statistical quality control problem by DOB approach was discussed. For this iterative approach, the belief for a system being out-...

cognitive models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) posit that specific kinds of dysfunctional beliefs underlie the development of this disorder. the aim of present study was to determine whether these beliefs are endorsed more strongly by ocd patients than by those with other anxiety disorders and by community samples. a battery of questionnaires, including the obq-44, moci, bdi-ii, bai, s...

since the rate of return on different opportunities for investment is random, the optimal distribution of ones capital is put foreward as a stochastic control problem. in this paper, using modem techniques in the theory of random functions and the stochsatic calculus, the problem is discussed for the case when the information possessed by the different investors, as well as their probability be...

Preferences for redistribution may be influenced by values and beliefs about distributive justice as well as by self-interest. People may prefer more redistribution to the poor if they believe that poverty is caused by circumstances beyond individual control. Therefore, beliefs about the causes of income may affect demand for redistribution. Alternatively, the effect of these beliefs on redistr...