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Factor structure of the Social Phobia Scale (SPS) and the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) in a clinical sample recruited from the community
BackgroundThe Social Phobia Scale (SPS) and the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) are widely used self-report questionnaires to assess symptoms...
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Development and validity evidence on the scale of perceived social support for university students (EPSSEU) during the period of social restrictions
AimThis study aims to validate a Perceived Social Support Scale for University Students (EPSSEU) during periods of social restrictions, by focusing...
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The Psychometric Properties of the Arabic Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale
The rapid development of internet technology has substantially improved individuals’ social media use. However, a minority group of individuals may...
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Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the social frailty scale in Iranian older adults
BackgroundSocial frailty is a holistic concept encompassing various social determinants of health. Considering its importance and impact on...
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Development of the Self-efficacy for Social Participation scale (SOSA) for community-dwelling older adults
BackgroundSocial participation is important for the health of older adults and super-aging societies. However, relatively few independent older...
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Modifying the social responsiveness scale for adaptive administration
PurposeThe social responsiveness scale (SRS) is frequently used to quantify the autism-related phenotype and is gaining use in health outcomes...
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Psychometric assessment of the Runyankole-translated Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale among persons with HIV in Uganda
BackgroundSocial desirability can negatively affect the validity of self-reported measures, including underreporting of stigmatized behaviors like...
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Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Scale of Effects of Social Media on Eating Behaviour and research of its influencing factors
BackgroundSocial media has become an indispensable part of contemporary young people's lives, and the influence of social media on college students'...
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Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the multidimensional social support scale (MSPSS) in a community sample of adults
BackgroundThere is a lack of methodologically strong measure to assess perceived social support among Arabic-speaking populations. Our main objective...
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Validation of Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) in Vietnamese Among People Living with HIV/AIDS
Social support plays a vital role in the health of HIV/AIDS patients, but there needs to be a validated instrument to measure social support in...
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Validation of the Expected Social Acceptance via Internet Gaming Scale (ESAIGS) Among Adolescent Internet Gamers in China
The outcome expectancy of social acceptance via internet gaming potentially contributes to internet gaming disorder (IGD) among adolescents. To...
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Development and initial validation of the addressing client needs with social determinants of health scale (ACN: SDH)
BackgroundThe purpose of this study was to validate a scale that can be used by healthcare service professionals, healthcare systems, educators, and...
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Measuring social norms of intimate partner violence to exert control over wife agency, sexuality, and reproductive autonomy: an item response modelling of the IPV-ASRA scale
BackgroundThe field of violence prevention research is unequivocal that interventions must target contextual factors, like social norms, to reduce...
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Validation of the Chinese version of the Oslo-3 Social Support Scale among nursing students: a study based on Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory models
BackgroundNursing students are encountering a range of health issues. Assessing social support is a key component in most questionnaire surveys...
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Validity and reliability of the Persian version of the machiavellian personality scale and its association with social adjustment and risky behaviors in Iranian college students
ObjectiveThe present study aims to develop and assess the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Machiavellian Personality Scale...
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A bifactor representation of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for children: gender and age invariance and implications for adolescents’ social and academic adjustment
BackgroundThe Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) is a widely used scale for screening depressive symptoms in...
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Maternal perinatal social support and infant social-emotional problems and competencies: a longitudinal cross-cohort replication study
PurposeMaternal perinatal social support is theorised to promote offspring social-emotional development, yet few studies have prospectively examined...
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Measuring public attitudes towards people living with chronic diseases in Arabic-speaking populations: adaptation and development of the Social Stigma Scale of Chronic Diseases (SSS-CD)
BackgroundA large proportion of the population in Arab countries suffer from chronic diseases. According to the statistics by the Global Health...
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Linking social motivation, general motivation, and social cognition to interpersonal functioning in schizophrenia: insights from exploratory graph analysis
Motivation in general, and social motivation in particular are important for interpersonal functioning in individuals with schizophrenia. Still,...
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Understanding social and clinical associations with unemployment for people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorders: large-scale health records study
PurposePeople with severe mental illness (SMI) experience high levels of unemployment. We aimed to better understand the associations between...
