The Perth Empathy Scale (PES) is a 20-item self-report questionnaire that assesses people's ability to recognize emotions in others (i.e., cognitive empathy) and vicariously experience other's emotions (i.e., affective empathy), across positive and negative emotions. Originally developed in English, the aim of our study was to introduce the first Polish version of the PES and test its psychometric performance. ...

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• 2023
• November 2023

More than one-third (37%) of the sample was suffering 'minor psychological distress', suggesting the stressful nature of veterinary practice. ...

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• 2013
• April 2013

The primary objective of this study was to report on the occurrence of mental health difficulties for a large national sample of Australian fathers of children. ...

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• 2012
• April 2012

There is a high prevalence of mental health problems amongst adolescents ...

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• 2011
• May 2011

To determine the constellation of lifestyle and demographic factors that are associated with poor mental health in an adolescent population. ...

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• 2011
• January 2011

To determine whether the prevalence of mental health problems among adolescents on court ordered remand in South Australia has changed since 1989 ...

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• 2010
• December 2010

Youth mental health researcher named joint winner of the Shell Aboriginal STEM Student of the Year category at the 2022 Western Australian Premier’s Science Awards. ...

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• 2022
• August

Policy Context Indicator Information View the Maps Mental health disorders are the most common chronic conditions experienced by young people in the ...

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Variety of foods at breakfast linked with better mental health for teens ...

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• 2008
• May

A ground-breaking survey by Telethon Kids researchers has become the new reference point to guide policy change and educate health providers to better support trans and gender-diverse youth in Australia. ...

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• 2018
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