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The prevalence of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) use in non-clinical populations: a systematic review protocol
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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 ...
ORIGINAL ARTICLE IN BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY: Relationship between social media use and disordered eating behavior among female university students in Qatar
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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 ...
Testing Western Media Icons Influence on Arab Women’s Body Size and Shape Ideals: An Experimental Approach
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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 ...
Potential psychosocial influences on gender differences in physical activity among Qatari adolescents: a first insight through descriptive observation
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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 ...
The relationship between sleep duration and health status in Qatar’s population
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Knowledge of sleep duration correlates is limited to developed countries with a lack of studies in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). Qatar is a rapidly developing country in the EMR with three distinct population ...
Depression in migrant workers and nationals of Qatar: An exploratory cross-cultural study
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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 ...
Associations between weight loss difficulty, disordered eating behaviors and poor weight loss outcomes in Arab female university students
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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, ...
Lifetime prevalence and potential determinants of psychotic experiences in the general population of Qatar
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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 ...
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
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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 ...
Psychotic-like experiences among university female students in Qatar: A qualitative-phenomenological study
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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 ...