Objectives: Despite a rapid increase in studies dealing with dementia caregivers in Europe, a valid German version of the most widely used measurement of caregiver burden (Zarit Burden Interview) has not yet been published. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the German Zarit Burden Interview (G-ZBI). Method: Twenty-eight community-dwelling older couples with...

The White Bear Suppression Inventory [WBSI; Wegner and Zanakos (1994)] was developed to assess the tendency to suppress unwanted thoughts. Most psychometric studies of the WBSI have included healthy students and adults with obsessive–compulsive disorder. There has been increasing interest in thought suppression in children and adolescents, especially after a traumatic event, but little is known...

BACKGROUND Tools for the evaluation, improvement and promotion of the teaching excellence of faculty remain elusive in residency settings. This study investigates (i) the reliability and validity of the data yielded by using two new instruments for evaluating the teaching qualities of medical faculty, (ii) the instruments' potential for differentiating between faculty, and (iii) the number of r...

Under a corrective and a preventive occupational health and safety perspective and with regard to legal requirements mental work-load is a relevant criterion to evaluate the quality of work system design. Among available heart rate variability (HRV) measures the 0.1 Hz component of HRV is – according to some studies – considered a valid and standard indicator of mental strain to be used in labo...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Swedish version of Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children (TSCYC). METHOD The study was composed of a total of 629 children-296 girls and 333 boys-aged 3-11, from a non-clinical population who were rated by their caretakers (26 of whom performed a re-test after 2 weeks) in addition to 59 children from a clinical population with kno...

The study investigated the potential for facial electromyography (EMG) to be used as a clinical tool for measuring the responses of children to pleasant and unpleasant smell and taste stimuli. Responses in the zygomaticus major and levator labii muscles to 4 odorants and 4 tastants were recorded from 34 children aged 6-9 years. The results indicated that EMG activities in the 2 muscles discrimi...

OBJECTIVES Despite a rapid increase in studies dealing with dementia caregivers in Europe, a valid German version of the most widely used measurement of caregiver burden (Zarit Burden Interview) has not yet been published. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the German Zarit Burden Interview (G-ZBI). METHOD Twenty-eight community-dwelling older couples with...

AIM: To assess the psychometric qualities of methodology for identifying signs deviant behavior in military personnel developed at S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy.
 MATERIALS AND METHODS: The ISADA method is a screening questionnaire assessing presence propensity forms personnel. was Academy. abbreviation used as name methodology, consisting names its main scales Avoidance, Suicidality...