Publications by authors named "Courtney Taylor Browne Luka"
Article Synopsis
- Measuring trichotillomania is crucial for effective understanding and treatment, leading to the development of the Situated Assessment Method (SAM), a psychometric tool that assesses hair pulling behaviors in specific contexts.
- In two studies, participants reported their hair pulling experiences, noting various influencing factors like external triggers and emotional states, resulting in reliable individual measures of pulling across different situations.
- The SAM Trichotillomania Assessment Instrument (TAI) showed strong correlations between the identified factors and pulling behavior, suggesting that it can help create tailored interventions for individuals based on their unique experiences.
Purpose: The Children's Health in Care in Scotland Cohorts were set up to provide first population-wide evidence on the health outcomes of care experienced children (CEC) compared with children in the general population (CGP). To date, there are no data on how objective health outcomes, mortality and pregnancies for CEC are different from CGP in Scotland.
Participants: The CEC cohort includes school-aged children who were on the 2009/2010 Scottish Government's Children Looked After Statistics (CLAS) return and on the 2009 Pupil Census (PC).