Construction of the Lebanese Anxiety Scale (LAS-10): a new scale to assess anxiety in adult patients

References

• Beck AT. 2002. Cognitive models of depression. Clin Adv Cognit Psychother. 14(1):29–61.
   Google Scholar
• Beck AT, Epstein N, Harrison R. 1983. Cognitions, attitudes and personality dimensions in depression. Br J Cognit Psychother. 1(1):1–16.
   Google Scholar
• Bocklisch F, Bocklisch SF, Krems JF. 2012. Sometimes, often, and always: exploring the vague meanings of frequency expressions. Behav Res Methods. 44(1):144–157.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen FF, West SG, Sousa KH. 2006. A comparison of bifactor and second-order models of quality of life. Multivariate Behavioral Res. 41(2):189–225.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davison GC. 2008. Abnormal psychology. Toronto: Veronica Visentin (0470840722).
   Google Scholar
• Fares K, Hallit S, Haddad C, Akel M, Khachan T, Obeid S. 2019. Relationship between cosmetics use, self-esteem, and self-perceived attractiveness among lebanese women. J Cosmet Sci. 70(1):47–56.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Haddad C, Darwich MJ, Obeid S, Sacre H, Zakhour M, Kazour F, Nabout R, Hallit S, Tahan FE. 2019. Factors associated with anxiety disorders among patients with substance use disorders in Lebanon: results of a cross-sectional study. Perspect Psychiatr Care. doi:10.1111/ppc.12462.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Haddad C, Hallit R, Akel M, Honein K, Akiki M, Kheir N, Hallit S. 2019. Validation of the Arabic version of the ORTO-15 questionnaire in a sample of the Lebanese population. Eating Weight Disord-Stud Anorexia, Bulimia Obesity. 1–10. doi:10.1007/s40519-019-00710-y
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Haddad C, Obeid S, Akel M, Honein K, Akiki M, Azar J, Hallit S. 2019. Correlates of orthorexia nervosa among a representative sample of the Lebanese population. Eat Weight Disord. 24(3):481–493.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Haddad C, Zakhour M, Akel M, Honein K, Akiki M, Hallit S, Obeid S. 2019. Factors associated with body dissatisfaction among the Lebanese population. Eat Weight Disord. 24(3):507–519.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hallit S, Haddad C, Hallit R, Akel M, Obeid S, Haddad G, Soufia M, Khansa W, Khoury R, Kheir N. 2019. Validation of the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale and State Trait Anxiety Inventory A and B in Arabic among the Lebanese population. Clin Epidemiol Global Health. 7(3):464–470.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hallit S, Hajj A, Sacre H, Al Karaki G, Malaeb D, Kheir N, Salameh P, Hallit R. 2019. Impact of sleep disorders and other factors on the quality of life in general population: a cross-sectional study. J Nerv Ment Dis. 207(5):333–339.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hallit S, Sacre H, Haddad C, Malaeb D, Al Karaki G, Kheir N, Hajj A, Hallit R, Salameh P. 2019. Development of the Lebanese insomnia scale (LIS-18): a new scale to assess insomnia in adult patients. BMC Psychiatry. 19(1):421.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hamilton M. 1959. The assessment of anxiety states by rating. Br J Med Psychol. 32(1):50–55.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Julian LJ. 2011. Measures of anxiety: state‐trait anxiety inventory (STAI), Beck anxiety inventory (BAI), and Hospital anxiety and Depression scale‐anxiety (HADS‐A). Arthrit Care Res. 63(S11):S467–S472.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kaplan RL, Nehme S, Aunon F, de Vries D, Wagner G. 2016. Suicide risk factors among trans feminine individuals in Lebanon. Int J Transgend. 17(1):23–30.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Karam EG, Mneimneh ZN, Dimassi H, Fayyad JA, Karam AN, Nasser SC, Chatterji S, Kessler RC. 2008. Lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in Lebanon: first onset, treatment, and exposure to war. PLoS Med. 5(4):e61.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kashani JH, Sherman DD, Parker DR, Reid JC. 1990. Utility of the beck depression inventory with clinic-referred adolescents. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 29(2):278–282.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kessler RC. 2002. Epidemiological perspectives for the development of future diagnostic systems. Psychopathology. 35(2-3):158–161.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Khansa W, Haddad C, Hallit R, Akel M, Obeid S, Haddad G, Soufia M, Kheir N, Abi Elias Hallit C, Khoury R. 2019. Interaction between anxiety and depression on suicidal ideation, quality of life, and work productivity impairment: results from a representative sample of the Lebanese population. Perspect Psychiatr Care.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Krueger RF, Watson D, Barlow DH. 2005. Introduction to the special section: toward a dimensionally based taxonomy of psychopathology. J Abnorm Psychol. 114(4):491–493.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lahoud N, Zakhour M, Haddad C, Salameh P, Akel M, Fares K, Hallit S, Obeid S. 2019. Burnout and its relationships with alexithymia, stress, self-esteem, depression, alcohol use disorders, and emotional intelligence: results from a lebanese cross-sectional study. J Nerv Ment Dis. 207(8):642–650.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lee C. 2011. Addressing mental health needs in Lebanon; [accessed 2020 Mar 18]. https://odihpn.org/magazine/addressing-mental-health-needs-in-lebanon/
   Google Scholar
• Leichsenring F, Hiller W, Weissberg M, Leibing E. 2006. Cognitive-behavioral therapy and psychodynamic psychotherapy: techniques, efficacy, and indications. Am J Psychother. 60(3):233–259.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Marsh HW, Hau K-T, Wen Z. 2004. In search of golden rules: comment on hypothesis-testing approaches to setting cutoff values for fit indexes and dangers in overgeneralizing Hu and Bentler’s (1999) findings. Struc Equat Model. 11(3):320–341.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Obeid S, Akel M, Haddad C, Fares K, Sacre H, Salameh P, Hallit S. 2019. Factors associated with alexithymia among the Lebanese population: results of a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychol. 7(1):80.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Obeid S, Fares K, Haddad C, Lahoud N, Akel M, Zakhour M, Kheir N, Salameh P, Hallit S. 2019. Construction and validation of the Lebanese fear of relationship commitment scale among a representative sample of the Lebanese population. Perspect Psychiatr Care. doi:10.1111/ppc.12424
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Obeid S, Haddad C, Akel M, Fares K, Salameh P, Hallit S. 2019. Factors associated with the adults’ attachment styles in Lebanon: the role of alexithymia, depression, anxiety, stress, burnout, and emotional intelligence. Perspect Psychiatr Care. 55(4):607–617.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Obeid S, Haddad C, Zakhour M, Fares K, Akel M, Salameh P, Hallit S. 2019. Correlates of self-esteem among the Lebanese population: a cross-sectional study. Psychiat Danub. 31(4):429–439.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Obeid S, Lahoud N, Haddad C, Sacre H, Fares K, Akel M, Hallit S. 2020. Factors associated with anxiety among the Lebanese population: the role of alexithymia, self-esteem, alcohol use disorders, emotional intelligence and stress and burnout. Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 1–12. doi:10.1080/13651501.2020.1723641
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Obeid S, Saade S, Haddad C, Sacre H, Khansa W, Al Hajj R, Kheir N, Hallit S. 2019. Internet addiction among lebanese adolescents: the role of self-esteem, anger, depression, anxiety, social anxiety and fear, impulsivity, and aggression-A cross-sectional study. J Nerv Ment Dis. 207(10):838–846.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Obeid S, Sacre H, Haddad C, Akel M, Fares K, Zakhour M, Kheir N, Salameh P, Hallit S. 2019. Factors associated with fear of intimacy among a representative sample of the Lebanese population: The role of depression, social phobia, self-esteem, intimate partner violence, attachment, and maladaptive schemas. Perspect Psychiatr Care. 1–9. doi:10.1111/ppc.12438
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Obeid S, Saade S, Haddad C, Sacre H, Khansa W, Al Hajj R, Kheir N, Hallit S. Internet Addiction Among Lebanese Adolescents: The Role of Self-Esteem, Anger, Depression, Anxiety, Social Anxiety and Fear, Impulsivity, and Aggression-A Cross-Sectional Study. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2019 Oct;207(10):838–846. doi:10.1097/NMD.0000000000001034.
   Google Scholar
• Obeid, S., Akel, M., Haddad, C. et al. Factors associated with alcohol use disorder: the role of depression, anxiety, stress, alexithymia and work fatigue- a population study in Lebanon.BMC Public Health 20, 245 (2020). doi:10.1186/s12889-020-8345-1
   Google Scholar
• Rahme C, Haddad C, Akel M, Khoury C, Obeid H, Obeid S, Hallit S. 2020a. Does stockholm syndrome exist in lebanon? results of a cross-sectional study considering the factors associated with violence against women in a lebanese representative sample. J Interpers Violence. doi:10.1177/0886260519897337
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rahme C, Haddad C, Akel M, Khoury C, Obeid H, Obeid S, Hallit S. 2020b. Factors associated with violence against women in a representative sample of the Lebanese population: results of a cross-sectional study. Arch Womens Ment Health. doi:10.1007/s00737-020-01022-2
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Saade S, Hallit S, Haddad C, Hallit R, Akel M, Honein K, Akiki M, Kheir N, Obeid S. 2019. Factors associated with restrained eating and validation of the Arabic version of the restrained eating scale among an adult representative sample of the Lebanese population: a cross-sectional study. J Eat Disord. 7(1):24.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Sfeir E, Haddad C, Salameh P, Sacre H, Hallit R, Akel M, Obeid S. 2019. Binge eating, orthorexia nervosa, restrained eating, and quality of life: a population study in Lebanon. Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity. 1–14. doi:10.1007/s40519-019-00831-4
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shear MK, Vander Bilt J, Rucci P, Endicott J, Lydiard B, Otto MW, Pollack MH, Chandler L, Williams J, Ali A. 2001. Reliability and validity of a structured interview guide for the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (SIGH-A). Depress Anxiety. 13(4):166–178.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Spielberger CD, Sydeman SJ. 1994. State-trait anxiety inventory and state-trait anger expression inventory. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
   Google Scholar
• Spielberger CD, Gorsuch RL, Lushene RE, Vagg PR. 2010. State-trait anxiety inventory (STAI). BiB. 1970:180.
   Google Scholar
• The Central Agency of Statistics in Lebanon website. www.cas.gov.lb
   Google Scholar
• Wittchen H-U, Heinig I, Beesdo-Baum K. 2014. DSM-5: an overview on changes in structure and content. Nervenarzt. 85(5):548–552.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zakhour M, Haddad C, Salameh P, Akel M, Fares K, Sacre H, Hallit S, Obeid S. 2020. Impact of the interaction between alexithymia and the adult attachment styles in participants with alcohol use disorder. Alcohol. 83:1–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zeidan RK, Haddad C, Hallit R, Akel M, Honein K, Akiki M, Kheir N, Hallit S, Obeid S. 2019. Validation of the Arabic version of the binge eating scale and correlates of binge eating disorder among a sample of the Lebanese population. J Eat Disord. 7(1):40.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar