Measurement Invariance and Psychometric Properties of the Self-Concealment Scale in Iran.

Mohammad Niroumand Sarvandani, Xue Luo, Hamid Sharifi, Somayeh Naghavi, Shujuan Chen, Qing-Wei Chen

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mohammad Niroumand SarvandaniHIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman 7616913555, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-9790-3908

Xue LuoDepartment of Mental Health Education, Guangdong Mechanical & Electrical Polytechnic, Guangzhou 510515, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7528-5405

Hamid SharifiHIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman 7616913555, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-9008-7618

Somayeh NaghaviDepartment of Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran 1477893855, Iran.

Shujuan ChenDepartment of Psychology, School of Education, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China.

Qing-Wei ChenLab of Light and Physio-Psychological Health, National Center for International Research on Green Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5458-0210

Funding

Guangdong Mechanical & Electrical Polytechnic 2025 College-Level Teaching and Research Project YJYB2025-39Guangdong Mechanical & Electrical Polytechnic 2025 High-Level Talent Scientific Research Project Gccrcxm-202509Ministry of Education in China 21XJA190001

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factor analysispsychometricsreproducibility of resultsself-concealmentsex factorssurveys and questionnaires

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PMID42588230

DOI10.3390/healthcare14152262

PMCPMC13465202

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