MB Saberi Zafarghandi
Department of Addiction, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Publications
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Research Article
Design and Psychometric Properties of a Scale to Assess the Most Important Drug Scene-Related Community Impact
Author(s): MB Saberi Zafarghandi, S Eshrati*, M Roshanpajouh, M Vameghi and R Arezoomandan
Background: The drug-scene-related community impacts include conditions, activities, and behaviors related to dealing/using drugs in public that hurt communities’ safety, stability, and integrity. This study aims to design and assess the psychometric properties of a scale to investigate the most important drug-scene-related community effects to prioritize interventions. Methods: This study was a qualitative cross-sectional study conducted in three phases. In the first phase, according to the previous studies and literature review, the items pool was developed. In the second phase, the validity was assessed by face, content, and construct validity. Furthermore, to evaluate reliability, internal consistency and stability were calculated. In the third phase, the most important drug scene-related community impacts were investigated using t.. Read More»