UNLABELLED An 8-item version of the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ-8) has recently been proposed and validated. The aims of this study were to further investigate the reliability and validity of the CPAQ-8 in a new sample. Questionnaires were completed by 550 people with chronic pain (478 online survey, 72 paper survey). A demographic and pain history questionnaire was administered...

Systems designed to be self-healing are able to heal themselves at runtime in response to changing environmental or operational circumstances. Thus, the goal is to avoid catastrophic failure through prompt execution of remedial actions. This paper proposes a self-healing mechanism that monitors, diagnoses and heals its own internal problems using self-awareness as contextual information. The se...

Introduction: The Dysphagia Handicap Index (DHI) is one of the instruments used for measuring a dysphagic patient’s self-assessment. In some ways, it reflects the patient’s quality of life. Although it has been recognized and widely applied in English speaking populations, it has not been used in its present forms in Persian speaking countries. The purpose of this study was to adapt a Persian v...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) in people with Parkinson's disease (PD). More specifically, we investigated data completeness, scaling assumptions, targeting, reliability, and construct validity. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study involves data available from two different projects that included people diagnosed with...

We aimed to develop a questionnaire that assesses the impact of pelvic pain on women, regardless of diagnosis, that has high utility, sound psychometric performance, easy scoring, and high reliability. Two studies, with 3 separate cohorts, were undertaken. Both studies were completed online. Studies included women with self-reported pelvic pain. Women were eligible to participate regardless of ...

background: self medication is one of the commonest actions in the world. the purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of students in universities of isfahan toward self medication. materials and methods: in this descriptive, analytical, cross-sectional study, 600 students of universities in isfahan were selected. since there are 3 public universities in isfah...

Objective: This article reports findings of three studies addressing convergent validity and test-retest reliability of the Youth Rating Scale of the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale–Second Edition (BERS-2). Method: Pearson product–moment correlations were used in all three studies, the first two addressing convergent validity and the third addressing test-retest reliability. Results: Anal...

Objective: the aim of the present study was to determine the validity, and reliability of Persian version of Adult Sources of Self-Esteem Inventory as the cross cultural scale for assessment of the self-esteem. Method: A sample of 500 students (350 females, 150male) were selected from Kharazmi university in Iran and completed the Persian version of the Adult Sources of Elovson and Fleming’s S...

Title of Document: SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND DIMENSIONALITY ANALYSIS OF A PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES MULTI-ITEM SCALE FOR USE WITH COLLEGE STUDENT DRINKERS Melinda Ann Griffin, Doctor of Philosophy, 2008 Directed By: Professor Bradley Boekeloo Department of Public and Community Health Protective behavioral strategies (PBS) have been defined as self-control behaviors individuals practice prior...