Validity and Reliability of Self-Love Measurement Tool: A Pilot Study among College Students in Malaysia

Open Journal of Social Sciences, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 13(03), С. 362 - 381

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Psychometric validation of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale for Youth (DASS-Y) in Arabic and development of an Abridged Version (DASS-Y-12)

Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 8, 2024

Background To better target the treatment of affective disturbances and improve effectiveness programs for prevention intervention, need a reliable valid measuring tool assessment depression, anxiety, stress among youth is notable. Therefore, primary aim present study was to evaluate psychometric properties Depression Anxiety Stress Scale Youth (DASS-Y) 21 items within non-clinical sample Arabic-speaking adolescents from Lebanon. The secondary develop validate new shortened version DASS-Y composed 12 (DASS-Y-12). Methods Seven hundred fifty-eight participants completed survey, with mean age 15.95 ± 1.78 years 63.2% females. forward backward translation method applied approval original developers scales. Results CFA indicated that fit three-factor model DASS-Y-12 excellent. Internal reliability scale excellent anxiety in long short forms. Indices suggested configural, metric, scalar invariance supported across gender Higher suicidal ideation lower academic performance were significantly associated higher as assessed by DASS-Y-12. Conclusion findings indicate validated Arabic DASS-Y, developed-shortened are reliable, valid, easy-to-use low-cost assess adolescents. Making those scales available will hopefully stimulate research this field Arab countries, benefiting struggling these contexts.

Язык: Английский

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education and health of university students

Revista de Enfermagem da UFPI, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 13(1)

Опубликована: Июнь 14, 2024

Objective: To analyze the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on education and health university students. Methods: Cross-sectional study, carried out with 163 students from different courses, between May December 2022, in São Paulo, Brazil. Google Forms was used to capture information related academic dynamics during pandemic. Results: The majority were women field, studying their third year college. 53.1% considered online classes be bad or terrible, but only 43.6% thought about giving up studies period. Most participants spent five nine hours a day front screens, 57.7% said they experienced drop performance. Students had problems sleeping (58.2%, p<0.001), increased moments stress, fatigue, depression, anxiety (76.7%, felt hopeless (71.7%, p< 0.001), showed changes weight period (75.4%, p<0.001). Conclusion: negative impacts those investigated, both health, especially mental health. It is necessary encourage multimodal curricula programs that quality life spaces.

Язык: Английский

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Investigating the Mediating Roles of Hopelessness and Psychological Distress in the Relationship between Psychological Vulnerability and Well-Being among Married Individuals

Spiritual Psychology and Counseling, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 9(3), С. 283 - 300

Опубликована: Авг. 5, 2024

The well-being of married individuals is shaped by various psychological factors, among which vulnerability, hopelessness, and distress play critical roles. This study investigates how vulnerability impacts through the mediating effects hopelessness distress. sample comprised 522 aged 23 to 67 (M = 36.70, SD 10.77). Data were collected using Psychological Vulnerability Scale, Patient Health Questionnaire-4, Beck Hopelessness Mental Continuum Short Form. Pearson Correlation analysis was employed examine relationships between variables, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) used test significance direct indirect assessed bootstrap method. revealed significant correlations variables. SEM results indicated that positively significantly predicted distress, while negatively well-being. Additionally, serial mediation in relationship found be significant. These findings suggest can adversely affect may contribute valuable insights literature offers practical implications for couple family counseling.

Язык: Английский

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Enhancing self-esteem and self-compassion to mitigate suicide risk: A feasibility and acceptability study among Japanese university students

Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 101, С. 104207 - 104207

Опубликована: Авг. 30, 2024

Язык: Английский

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The impact of perfectionism on suicidal ideation among medical residents in Iran: the mediating role of psychological distress

BMC Psychiatry, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 24(1)

Опубликована: Окт. 8, 2024

Among medical residents, suicide is the second most prevalent cause of mortality. In Iran, residents has become one important challenges. This study aimed to investigate mediating role psychological distress in relationship between perfectionism and suicidal ideation among Iran.

Язык: Английский

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Taking a broad view of COVID‐19, stressors and youth mental health

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 36(4), С. 267 - 268

Опубликована: Окт. 10, 2023

Язык: Английский

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