Objective. Sasang typology is a traditional Korean medicine based on the biopsychosocial perspectives of Neo-Confucianism and utilizes medical herbs and acupuncture for type-specific treatment. This study was designed to develop and validate the Sasang Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) for future use in the assessment of personality based on Sasang typology. Design and Methods. We selected questi...

The aim of this study was to compare the effect of treatment with lamotrigine (LTG) or carbamazepine (CBZ) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and to demonstrate the use of the SEALS Inventory as a comparative tool in clinical trials. Two hundred and sixty patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy were randomized to 48 weeks of treatment with LTG (n = 131) or CBZ (n = 129). HRQOL was measure...

BACKGROUND The primary aim of this study was to explore how metacognition, as implicated in Wells and Matthews' metacognitive theory of emotional disorder, might relate to the concept of mindfulness, and whether metacognition or mindfulness best predicted symptoms of emotional disorder. METHODS Data was collected from 224 community controls on the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), ...

OBJECTIVE To validate a short English-language version of the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego-autoquestionnaire version (TEMPS-A), a self-report questionnaire designed to measure temperamental variations in psychiatric patients and healthy volunteers. Its constituent subscales and items were formulated on the basis of the diagnostic criteria for affective temperamen...

Background: The purpose of this study was to develop a short version the Inventory Personality Organization (IPO) among Japanese university students. measurement invariance between men and women investigated. Construct validity also examined. Method: Student data from two universities in Japan (N = 504) were used. We used main domains IPO: Primitive Defences, Identity Diffusion, Reality Testing...

BACKGROUND Previous studies indicate that self-esteem is lower among adolescents of low socio-economic status and is associated with a number of intrapersonal, interpersonal and socio-cultural factors. Evidence on the mechanisms by which these factors contribute to the connection between socio-economic status and developing self-esteem is incomplete, however. The purpose of this cross-sectional...

BACKGROUND The Sense of Competence Questionnaire (SCQ) was originally developed for informal caregivers of patients with diagnosed dementia. In order to study the validity and usefulness of the SCQ when applied to informal caregivers of older adults with dementia symptoms (i.e. cognitive impairment, pre-diagnostic dementia or dementia in its early stages), we investigated the construct validity...

Abstract. Consensus is emerging that the constellation of dark personalities should include sadistic personality. To build a four-factor measure, we modified and extended Short Dark Triad (SD3) measure to sadism. A series three studies yielded Tetrad (SD4), four subscale inventory with 7 items per construct. Study 1 ( N = 868) applied exploratory factor analysis (EFA) diverse 48-item pool using...

BACKGROUND Ayurveda inventories for prakriti (constitution) have been developed and validated for adults. Children, however, require different categories of quarter and questions, for example, to assess the intelligence, the questions can be related to their scholastic performances. OBJECTIVE To develop and standardize an inventory to assess the prakriti of the children, and to compare with C...