Browsing by Author "Khaled, Salma M"
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Assessing the factor structure and measurement invariance of the eating attitude test (EAT-26) across language and BMI in young Arab women
Khaled, Salma M.; Kimmel, Linda; Le Trung, Kien ( BioMed Central , 2018 , Article)Background: The objective of the study was to determine the factorial structure and test the measurement invariance of the EAT-26 in a large probability sample of young female university students in Qatar (n = 2692), a ... -
Association between health information seeking and behaviour change related to physical activity among Qatari adolescents
Ali, Lamees Abdullah Mohammed; Khaled, Salma M.; Alhussaini, Nour Waleed Zuhair; Abdel-Rahman, Manar E. ( Taylor and Francis Group , 2023 , Article)This study aims to assess the influence of used information sources on behaviour change related to physical activity (PA). It analyses secondary data from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey conducted in ... -
Associations between weight loss difficulty, disordered eating behaviors and poor weight loss outcomes in Arab female university students
Nasrallah, Catherine; Kimmel, Linda; Khaled, Salma M. ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Little is known about the impact of eating behaviors on weight management efforts among college students in non-Western settings. This study aimed to explore the relationship between eating behaviors, weight loss outcomes, ... -
Conducting a state-of-the-art mental health survey in a traditional setting: Challenges and lessons from piloting the World Mental Health Survey in Qatar
Khaled, Salma M.; Petcu, Catalina; Bader, Lina; Amro, Iman; Al-Assi, Marwa; Le Trung, Kien; Mneimneh, Zeina N.; Sampson, Nancy A.; Kessler, Ronald C.; Woodruff, Peter W.... more authors ... less authors ( Wiley , 2021 , Article)Objectives: A small country in the Arabian Peninsula, Qatar experienced rapid economic growth in the last 3 decades accompanied by major socio-demographic shifts towards a younger and more highly educated population. To ... -
Cross-cultural Differences in Hallucinations: A Comparison Between Middle Eastern and European Community-Based Samples
Khaled, Salma M.; Brederoo, Sanne G.; Yehya, Arij; Alabdulla, Majid; Woodruff, Peter W.; Sommer, Iris E.C.... more authors ... less authors ( Oxford University Press , 2023 , Article)BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS: While literature indicates that culture modulates phenomenological characteristics of hallucinations in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, little is known about the extent culture modulates these ... -
Depression in migrant workers and nationals of Qatar: An exploratory cross-cultural study
Khaled, Salma M; Gray, Richard ( SAGE Publications , 2019 , Article)Background: The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of depressive symptoms among migrants and non-migrants living in Qatar and identify variables associated with depressive symptomology in these groups, including ... -
Lifetime prevalence and potential determinants of psychotic experiences in the general population of Qatar
Khaled, Salma M.; Wilkins, Stacy Schantz; Woodruff, Peter ( Cambridge University Press , 2020 , Article)Background To estimate the lifetime prevalence and potential determinants of psychotic experience(s) (PEs) in the general population of Qatar-a small non-war afflicted, conservative, high-income, middle-eastern country ... -
ORIGINAL ARTICLE IN BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY: Relationship between social media use and disordered eating behavior among female university students in Qatar
Qutteina, Yara; Nasrallah, Catherine; Kimmel, Linda; Khaled, Salma M. ( Edizioni FS , 2019 , Article)Introduction: Abundant literature has established the negative impact of traditional media on body image and disordered eating behaviors among young women. In the past few years, social media use has soared especially ... -
Potential psychosocial influences on gender differences in physical activity among Qatari adolescents: a first insight through descriptive observation
Saller, Franziska V. I.; Khaled, Salma M. ( Taylor & Francis Open , 2018 , Article)Adolescents in Qatar have some of the highest levels of inactivity and gender inequality in physical activity (PA) among all adolescents in the world. Contextual psychosocial influences remain unknown to date. The current ... -
Prevalence and potential determinants of covid-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance in qatar: Results from a nationally representative survey of qatari nationals and migrants between december 2020 and january 2021
Khaled, Salma M.; Petcu, Catalina; Bader, Lina; Amro, Iman; Al-Hamadi, Aisha Mohammed H. A.; Al Assi, Marwa; Ali, Amal A.; Le Trung, Kien; Diop, Abdoulaye; Bellaj, Tarek; Al-Thani, Mohamed H.; Woodruff, Peter W.; Alabdulla, Majid; Haddad, Peter M.... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)Global COVID-19 pandemic containment necessitates understanding the risk of hesitance or resistance to vaccine uptake in different populations. The Middle East and North Africa currently lack vital representative vaccine ... -
Prevalence and potential determinants of subthreshold and major depression in the general population of Qatar
Khaled, Salma M. ( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)Background There is a paucity of epidemiological studies of depression in war-free Arab countries. This study estimated the prevalence and potential determinants of Subthreshold (SUBDE) and Major Depressive Episode (MDE) ... -
The prevalence of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) use in non-clinical populations: a systematic review protocol
Khaled, Salma M.; Hughes, Elizabeth; Bressington, Dan; Zolezzi, Monica; Radwan, Ahmed; Badnapurkar, Ashish; Gray, Richard... more authors ... less authors ( BioMed Central , 2016 , Article)Background Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) are new narcotic or psychotropic drugs that are not controlled by the United Nations drug convention that may pose a serious public health threat due to their wide availability ... -
Psychotic-like experiences among university female students in Qatar: A qualitative-phenomenological study
Yehya, Arij; Khaled, Salma M.; Sommer, Iris E. C.; Woodruff, Peter; Daher-Nashif, Suhad ( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)Background and aims: Psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) are hallucinatory or delusional experiences that fall below the threshold of a diagnosable psychotic disorder. Although PLEs are common across the spectrum of psychiatric ... -
Testing Western Media Icons Influence on Arab Women’s Body Size and Shape Ideals: An Experimental Approach
Khaled, SALMA M.; Shockley, Bethany; Qutteina, Yara; Kimmel, Linda; Le Trung, Kien ( MDPI , 2018 , Article)Western media globalization is implicated in the spread of the thin body ideal to traditional societies. Qatar—a small conservative Middle-Eastern country—has recently witnessed rapid Westernization, but the influence ... -
The Arabic Questionnaire for Psychotic Experiences in patients with psychotic disorders: a clinical validation
Yehya, Arij; Khaled, Salma M.; Sommer, Iris E. C.; Elhag, Saba F.; Hassan, Mohamed H. M. O.; Woodruff, Peter; Alabdalla, Majid... more authors ... less authors ( BioMed Central Ltd , 2023 , Article)Background: Psychotic experiences are reported in the general population. The Questionnaire for Psychotic Experiences (QPE) was created to test the phenomenological features of these experiences and compare them with those ... -
"Toxic pleasures”: A study of eating out behavior in Arab female university students and its associations with psychological distress and disordered eating
Al-Thani, Maryam A.; Khaled, Salma M. ( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)University years are a critical period in which young people establish independence and adopt lasting health behaviors. The aim of this study was to estimate the associations between eating out, psychological distress, ...