Viren Swami, Ulrich S. Tran, Stefan Stieger, Toivo Aavik et al.
The Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a widely used measure of a core facet of the positive body image construct. However, extant research concerning measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across a large number of nations remains limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset - w...
Virender Singh Salhotra, K.S. Sachdeva, Neelima Kshirsagar, Malik Parmar et al.
BACKGROUND India accounts for a quarter of the world's multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB); with less than 50% having successful treatment outcomes. Bedaquiline (BDQ) was approved for use under conditional access program in India in 2015. OBJECTIVE We evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and to...
Viren Swami, Stefan Stieger, Martin Voracek, Toivo Aavik et al.
The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) is a widely used self-report measure of subjective well-being, but studies of its measurement invariance across a large number of nations remain limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset-with data collected between 2020 and 2022 -to as...
Viren Swami, Ulrich S. Tran, Martin Voracek, Toivo Aavik et al.
Abstract Objectives The 12-item Self-Compassion Scale–Short Form (SCS–SF) is a widely used instrument for the assessment of self-compassion. To date, there have been few examinations of this instrument’s psychometric properties, particularly across nations and languages. Therefore, we used data from...
V.C. Deivayanai, Pavithra Swaminaathan, A. S. Vickram, A. Saravanan et al.
Interpretability of results remains challenging in most health industries since patients may suffer life-threatening consequences from an inaccurate diagnosis. Artificial intelligence (AI) integration has arisen as a prominent technology in the healthcare sector, transforming the field by advancing ...
Viren Swami, Martin Voracek, Stefan Stieger, Toivo Aavik et al.
Time spent in nature benefits human mental and physical well-being. However, much of the variance in outcomes of nature contact remains unexplained, suggesting that new mechanistic pathways need to be considered. Here, we tested a novel conceptual model linking nature contact with life satisfaction ...