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Validation Of The South Korean Version Of The Beliefs About Emotions Scale, Gahyun Park, Jeong Han Kim, Dong Hun Lee

School of Rehabilitation Services & Counseling Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background

Beliefs about the unacceptability of experiencing or expressing negative emotions can contribute to diverse psychological symptoms and associated with poor treatment outcomes and low treatment attempts. The Beliefs about Emotions Scale (BES) was developed to assess such beliefs based on the cognitive-behavioral models; however, no study has reported on the psychometric properties of the BES in Korea. The present study aimed to cross-culturally adapt and validate the BES for the Korean population (BES-K).

Methods

The BES-K was administered to 592 Korean adults (323 men and 269 women) aged 20–59 years. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used to assess …

Conocimientos, Creencias Y Reporte De La Práctica De Los Médicos Generales En Maracaibo, Venezuela, Acerca De Las Demencias, Alexis Romero-Salazar, Raima Rujano Roque, Gladys E. Maestre

School of Medicine Publications and Presentations

The objective of this study is to explore the knowledge, beliefs, and reports of the practice of general physicians from primary care service units regarding dementia, its signs, symptoms, treatment and its impact in early diagnosis. In this exploratory research we applied a questionnaire to every general physician working at urban type 1 and 2 ambulatory centers in the public regional health system. A total of 26 centers were studied in Maracaibo and San Francisco, Venezuela. The results and conclusions demonstrate that there are obstacles to produce early diagnosis. There is a lack of knowledge in relation to diagnostic tests, …