2024
Parental intention on getting children COVID-19 vaccinations: Invariance evaluation across parenting roles and COVID-19-like symptoms experiences among Iranians during the pandemic period
Ahorsu D, Potenza M, Lin C, Pakpour A. Parental intention on getting children COVID-19 vaccinations: Invariance evaluation across parenting roles and COVID-19-like symptoms experiences among Iranians during the pandemic period. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 2024, 20: 2325230. PMID: 38445561, PMCID: PMC10936610, DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2325230.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThreat appraisalMaladaptive responsesCoping appraisalMultigroup structural equation modelingAssociated with adaptive responsesParental roleSymptom experienceStructural equation modelingParents' intentionAssociated with intentionCopingEquation modelingComplete measurementsIranian parentsPerceived knowledgeAppraisalAdaptive responseChildrenParentsCOVID-19 vaccination ratesMultigroupParental knowledgeFindingsIntentionChildhoodExploring health literacy categories among an Iranian adult sample: a latent class analysis
Yekaninejad M, Hajiheidari A, Alijanzadeh M, Yahaghi R, Karimi Z, Rahmani J, Yazdi N, Jafari E, Alijani H, Zamani N, Fotuhi R, Taherkhani E, Buchali Z, Zarenejad M, Mahmoudi N, Shahmahdi N, Poorzolfaghar L, Ahmadizade S, Shahbazkhania A, Potenza M, Lin C, Pakpour A. Exploring health literacy categories among an Iranian adult sample: a latent class analysis. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 776. PMID: 38191607, PMCID: PMC10774330, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-49850-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health literacyHealth literacy levelsHealth literacyLatent class analysisDemographic factorsEducational levelIranian adult populationHealth literacy instrumentLow educational levelHigher educational levelEHealth Literacy ScaleRural residentsLiteracy levelsHealthy behaviorsAdult populationDemographic dataClass analysisOlder peopleAdult residentsGood healthOlder adultsEHEALS scoreStratified clusterMarital statusLiteracy Scale
2023
A phubbing scale tested in Bangladesh, Iran, and Pakistan: confirmatory factor, network, and Rasch analyses
Lin C, Mamun M, Mamun F, Ullah I, Hosen I, Malik N, Fatima A, Poorebrahim A, Pourgholami M, Potenza M, Pakpour A. A phubbing scale tested in Bangladesh, Iran, and Pakistan: confirmatory factor, network, and Rasch analyses. BMC Psychiatry 2023, 23: 763. PMID: 37853354, PMCID: PMC10583412, DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-05251-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychometric properties of the Persian Gaming Disorder Test and relationships with psychological distress and insomnia in adolescents
Lin C, Potenza M, Pontes H, Pakpour A. Psychometric properties of the Persian Gaming Disorder Test and relationships with psychological distress and insomnia in adolescents. BMC Psychology 2023, 11: 326. PMID: 37817223, PMCID: PMC10566088, DOI: 10.1186/s40359-023-01368-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGaming Disorder TestPsychological distressClassical test theoryPsychometric propertiesIranian adolescentsRasch analysisTest theorySubstantial differential itemICD-11 criteriaDifferential itemDistressAdolescentsPsychiatric conditionsGamingInsomniaShort instrumentPersian versionMethodsThe present studyEleventh RevisionItemsPotential risk and protective factors related to problematic social media use among adolescents in Iran: A latent profile analysis
Akbari M, Hossein Bahadori M, Khanbabaei S, Boruki Milan B, Jamshidi S, Potenza M. Potential risk and protective factors related to problematic social media use among adolescents in Iran: A latent profile analysis. Addictive Behaviors 2023, 146: 107802. PMID: 37442018, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107802.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderIranian adolescentsProtective factorsPresent cross-sectional studyHyperactivity disorderCross-sectional studySocial supportInternalizing symptomsPotential riskIntervention developmentProblematic social media useLatent profile analysisSymptomsAdolescentsStandardized factor scoresCurrent findingsDisordersMultiple factorsRiskAddictionAnxietyGroupFactorsFactor scores