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University of Jordan
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Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 02-05-2011
Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between marital abuse and psychological well-being among women in the southern region of Jordan. Design: A descriptive correlational design was used to collect data from a randomly selected s le of 915 women in the southern region of Jordan. Data collected were related to forms of marital abuse and six domains of psychological well-being. Results: The analysis showed that women have moderate to high level of psychological well-being. The prevalence of ever being abused during the past 12 months ranged from 3.2% ( n = 25) for being threatened with a knife to 45.1% ( n = 348) for their husbands being unconcerned about them while they were sick. There were significant differences in marital abuse related to having ever had school education (χ 2 = 8.56, df = 2, p = .014). All forms of marital abuse were highly correlated ( p .01). Self-acceptance and environmental mastery domains of psychological well-being had negative and significant correlation with all forms of marital abuse ( p .01). Discussion and Conclusion: Health professionals in health care centers need to assess for marital abuse and its consequence on women’s health. Interventions should emphasize promotion of psychological well-being and the factors that influence women empowerment.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-06-2013
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2012
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 07-03-2022
DOI: 10.3390/HEALTHCARE10030490
Abstract: The prevalence of internet gaming disorders (IGD) is considerably high among youth, especially with the social isolation imposed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. IGD adversely affects mental health, quality of life, and academic performance. The Internet Gaming Disorder Scale (IGDS9-SF) is designed to detect IGD according to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. However, inconsistent results are reported on its capacity to diagnose IGD evenly across different cultures. To ensure the suitability of the IGDS9-SF as a global measure of IGD, this study examined the psychometric properties of the IGDS9-SF in a s le of Sri Lankan university students (N = 322, mean age = 17.2 ± 0.6, range = 16–18 years, 56.5% males) and evaluated its measurement invariance across s les from Sri Lanka, Turkey, Australia, and the USA. Among Sri Lankan students, a unidimensional structure expressed good fit, invariance across different groups (e.g., gender, ethnicity, and income), adequate criterion validity (strong correlation with motives of internet gaming, daily gaming duration, and sleep quality), and good reliability (alpha = 0.81). Males and online multiplayers expressed higher IGD levels, greater time spent gaming, and more endorsement of gaming motives (e.g., Social and Coping) than females and offline players. Across countries, the IGDS9-SF was invariant at the configural, metric, and scalar levels, although strict invariance was not maintained. The lowest and highest IGD levels were reported among Turkish and American respondents, respectively. In conclusion, the IGDS9-SF can be reliably used to measure IGD among Sri Lankan youth. Because the scale holds scalar invariance across countries, its scores can be used to compare IGD levels in the studied countries.
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.23.2.255
Abstract: Background and Purpose: This study was conducted to test the Arabic version of the Family Inventory of Needs-Pediatrics II (FIN-PED II). Methods: The Arabic FIN-PED II was developed using the translation/back-translation method. Then, an expert panel of 5 parents of children with cancer rated the tool for clarity and content validity. Internal consistency and test–retest reliability was evaluated in a convenience s le of 113 parents of children with cancer. Results: The FIN-PED II was found to be acceptable and clear to almost all parents. The FIN-PED II demonstrated good psychometric properties. The internal consistency was high with alpha values .70 and high test–retest correlations. Conclusions: Although the Arabic FIN-PED II needs further psychometric testing, it is an acceptable, reliable, and valid measure of perceived parents need during child’s treatment.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 26-12-2016
Abstract: This study assessed the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of Exercise Self-Efficacy scale (ESE-A) among Jordanian outpatients with a variety of chronic diseases using descriptive cross-sectional design. Participants’ scores of ESE-A significantly correlated with their reported weekly exercise frequency ( r = .23, p .001), duration ( r = .31, p .001), and evaluation of their physical exercise ( r = .39, p .001). The construct validity was tested using exploratory factor analysis, which retained all items, and the scree plot showed one meaningful factor with an eigenvalue of 10.38 and an explained variance of 57.7%. Furthermore, Cronbach’s alpha was .89 and split-half coefficient was .83 indicating that the ESE-A is a reliable scale. The ESE-A was found to be a robust measure to evaluate exercise self-efficacy among Arabic patients with chronic diseases. Arabic researchers interested in exercise self-efficacy are invited to utilize the ESE-A in their studies to confirm its psychometric properties.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 19-09-1012
DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-8986.2011.01296.X
Abstract: The study aimed to establish the association of work stress, expressed as effort-reward imbalance (ERI), and C-reactive protein (CRP) in 152 healthy Jordanian male employees. Self-report work stress, anthropometric data, and blood for CRP analysis were collected. A significant correlation between ERI and CRP (r = 0.29, p < .01), and between waist circumference with CRP (r = 0.44, p < .01) was found. Central obesity explained most of the variance in CRP after controlling for various covariates, and ERI was not a significant predictor of CRP (ΔR2 = 0.02 β = 0.15, p = .052). However, when only the centrally obese group was considered, ERI accounted for 5.0% of the variability in the CRP (β = 0.24, p < .05). Results of this study confirm previous findings that obesity is significantly associated with CRP, and support the notion that higher ERI amongst obese workers is one small but significant predictor of increased levels of CRP.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-2023
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S396858
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 02-06-2011
DOI: 10.1111/J.1466-7657.2011.00899.X
Abstract: The amount of information shared with children regarding their illness, as well as what knowledge children are entitled to know, varies widely among cultures. This study aims to examine mothers' accounts of communication about cancer diagnosis to their children, how much children knew about their illnesses and how satisfied the mothers were with the method they used in communicating the diagnosis. Using semi-structured interviews and open-ended questions, 51 mothers attending paediatric oncology clinics in Jordan were interviewed. Content analysis was used to analyse the data. Mothers expressed a range of views about the forms of disclosure, including being clear about the diagnosis and its treatment and being secretive yet misconceptualizing the accounts of the illness. The median age for the children diagnosed with cancer was 11 years (interquartile range 7-16 years). Most of the mothers were offered no help with talking to their children about cancer diagnosis. Mothers who found it difficult to tell the news of the diagnosis to their children finally withheld the diagnoses from them. Those same mothers were unhappy and uncomfortable with the communication method they had used with children. This study emphasized the role of nurses' interaction with their child patients diagnosed with cancer. Nurses should not have an opinion about how and what children need to know about their illness, and preferably should take an active role in the process of communication between mothers and their children. Further work and research are needed in this field.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 04-11-2015
DOI: 10.1111/NHS.12239
Abstract: In this study, we investigated the correlates of aggression among consumers with mental illness within two psychiatric hospitals in Jordan. This was a descriptive, cross sectional study carried out by auditing consumers' medical records in regards to incidents of aggression before and during admission. Approval was gained from 203 next of kins to review the consumers' medical records. Results from this case analysis, found the prevalence of aggressive behaviours among psychiatric inpatient's in Jordan to be 23.6%, the most common form of aggression was consumer to consumer and that the aggressive act was more likely to be perpetrated by younger consumers. Such findings contribute to the discourse about aggression and understanding who and what causes aggression can go toward identify strategies for early intervention and management. After all, mental health units should be places of safety, that is, an asylum, and everyone who enters that environment deserves to be safe.
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Date: 07-2018
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2012
DOI: 10.1016/J.IJNURSTU.2011.07.012
Abstract: The Perceived Stress Scale has been designed to measure the degree to which situations in a person's life are perceived as stressful. The paper describes the development of an Arabic version of the Perceived Stress Scale. A translation process with cross-cultural considerations was employed to produce an Arabic version of the Perceived Stress Scale. Participants were asked to complete the Arabic version Perceived Stress Scale twice in their homes. The Jordanian study population for the Arabic version Perceived Stress Scale validation consisted of 126 volunteers (74 male, 52 female). Ninety participants completed the scale twice (55 male, 35 female), of whom 58 were high schools teachers and 32 technical workers. Arabic was the first language of all participants and all gave informed consent. The Arabic version Perceived Stress Scale reliability and validity were evaluated. Prior to an exploratory factor analysis, the suitability of data for factor analysis was assessed with acceptable results. The exploratory factor analysis showed two factors with eigenvalues greater than 1.0 (45.0% of variance). The Cronbach's alpha coefficients were 0.74 (Factor 1), 0.77 (Factor 2) and 0.80 for the Arabic version Perceived Stress Scale overall. The test-retest reliability had an intra-correlation coefficient of 0.90. The Arabic version Perceived Stress Scale showed an adequate reliability and validity. Therefore, the Arabic Perceived Stress Scale is considered a suitable instrument to assess perceived stress in Arabic people.
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Date: 16-04-2021
DOI: 10.1111/PPC.12786
Abstract: To determine whether somatic or cognitive depressive symptoms affect hospitalization and death in patients with end-stage renal disease. In an observational retrospective design, the patients (n = 190) completed the Beck Depression Inventory-II at baseline and were followed for 5 years to collect data all-cause mortality and hospitalization. High somatic (53.7%, n = 102) and cognitive (52.1%, n = 99) depressive symptoms scores significantly associated with mortality (38% vs. 19% hazard ratio [HR] = 2 95% CI, 1.1-3.7 p = 0.02) and hospitalization (62.5% vs. 49.4% HR = 1.6 95% CI, 1.0-2.6 p = 0.03), respectively. In the context of diagnosing and intervening, awareness of depressive symptoms dimensionality is crucial.
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Date: 24-02-2017
DOI: 10.1111/PPC.12214
Abstract: This study aimed at examining correlates of substance use among patients diagnosed with psychiatric disorders in Jordan. This study used a nonexperimental descriptive survey design. Data were collected through using DUSI-R scale obtained through a self-designed questionnaire. A total of (203) subjects satisfied the inclusion criteria. Most used substances prior to admission were caffeine (78.2%), cigarette (60.9%), and alcohol (22.2%), while the least were heroin (1.2%) and inhalants (0.08%). Patients diagnosed with schizophrenia had higher percentages among all other disorders (n = 16, 21.9%), although there was no statistical difference among patients related to their psychiatric disorders. We recommend that mental health professionals be equipped with necessary skills to manage substance use among patients with psychiatric disorders.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2018
DOI: 10.1016/J.PEDN.2017.03.015
Abstract: This study examined the extent to which health related aspect, health outcome, behaviour outcomes and social connectedness may predict adolescents' wellbeing at the schools of Jordan. Using a two-stage cluster s ling technique 1166 adolescents completed the Health Behaviour of School Children survey. Stepwise Regression Analysis showed that the adolescents' wellbeing was predicted by academic achievements, bullying behaviour, eating habits, psycho-somatization, parent support and ease of communication with parents. These predictors explained 40% of the variance in the emotional wellbeing scores. This study provides baseline information to build the evidence base for surveillance of health behaviors among adolescents in Jordan. Students' experiences of secondary school and their relationships at school continue to predict their emotional wellbeing.
Publisher: SLACK, Inc.
Date: 2018
DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20170905-04
Abstract: The purpose of the current study was to investigate the relationship between substance use and impulsivity and sensation-seeking personality traits among 655 university students using a cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational design. A significant correlation was found between students' impulsivity level scores and frequency of substance use ( r = 0.11, p 0.05). A positive correlation was found between frequency of substance use and sensation-seeking levels ( r = 0.2, p 0.05), as well as impulsivity levels ( r = 0.31, p 0.01). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the two predictors model was able to account for 12.4% of variation in substance use. Impulsivity and sensation-seeking personality traits are significant predictors of substance use among university students. [ Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 56 (1), 57–63.]
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 29-08-2017
DOI: 10.1111/CAMH.12237
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 26-07-2016
Abstract: Studies on parents’ participation in care of a hospitalized child are rare and have not sufficiently addressed the factors prompting parents’ participation in their child’s care. This study investigated the relative contributions and predictive value of parents’ and children’s demographics on parents’ participation in care. A convenience s le of 294 parents participated from four major hospitals in a metropolitan area in Amman. Parents completed two sets of measures, a socio-demographic form and the Arabic version of the Index of Parent Participation/Hospitalized Child. A series of bivariate analyses were completed to investigate associations between socio-demographic variables and parents’ participation in care. The multiple regression analysis identified four variables as the optimal set of predictors for parent participation in the care of a hospitalized child: hospital experience, type of illness, child’s age and type of hospital. The importance of interpreting these findings in a cultural context is discussed.
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