S. Hallit

Cross-national validation of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale for Youth (DASS-Y) in Lebanese and Chinese adolescents

Background The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale for Youth (DASS-Y) has been validated in several countries, but its measurement equivalence between Middle Eastern and East Asian adolescents remains untested, and prior validations primarily relied on single analytic approaches without examining complex factor struct...

Mediating Effect of Perceived Ageism Experiences Between TikTok Addiction Symptoms and Psychological Distress: A Cross‐Sectional Study

ABSTRACT Background and Aims TikTok addiction has been linked to depression and anxiety, yet mechanisms underlying this relationship remain underexplored. Based on the Social Comparison and Uses and Gratifications theories, this study examined whether perceived ageism experiences mediate the relationship between TikTok...

Psychometric properties of the smartphone distraction scale in arabic among lebanese young adults

Abstract Objectives This study aimed to validate the Arabic version of the 16-item Smartphone Distraction Scale (SDS) in a community sample of native Arabic-speaking young adults in Lebanon. Methods A sample of 397 participants completed the survey (mean age = 22.22 ± 3.86 years; 63.2% female). The survey consisted of...

Assessment of Lebanese community pharmacists' perceptions and practices towards pharmaceutical waste disposal.

Low vs high frequency deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease-associated motor symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials

Purpose Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established treatment for motor symptoms in Parkinson's Disease (PD), but the optimal stimulation frequency remains uncertain. Previous studies have suggested that low and high frequency DBS may produce different clinical effects. This study aimed to compare the effects of low...

The mediating effect of alexisomia between childhood abuse and depression/stress in a sample of Lebanese adults: A cross-sectional study

Abstract Mental health outcomes, such as depression and stress, are shaped by various factors, including childhood abuse, emotional and physical awareness deficits like alexisomia and sociodemographic influences. This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of alexisomia in the relationship between childhood abus...

Fragility fracture prediction in the Mediterranean region: Evaluating the performance of trabecular bone score in Lebanese postmenopausal women

The Trabecular Bone Score failed to serve as a predictability tool for fragility fractures in elderly postmenopausal Lebanese women.