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Youssef Farchakh
Researcher at Holy Spirit University of Kaslik
Publications - 8
Citations - 107
Youssef Farchakh is an academic researcher from Holy Spirit University of Kaslik. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anxiety & Distress. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 6 publications receiving 35 citations.
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Association between orthorexia nervosa, eating attitudes and anxiety among medical students in Lebanese universities: results of a cross-sectional study.
TL;DR: A link between eating disorders and ON which is beyond ON tendencies observed in eating disorders but ON individuals simultaneously have lesser psychological distress and anxiety is suggested.
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Nomophobia in Lebanon: Scale validation and association with psychological aspects
Youssef Farchakh,Rabih Hallit,Marwan Akel,Clarissa Chalhoub,Maria Hachem,Souheil Hallit,Sahar Obeid +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a multinomial regression was computed taking the nomophobia categories as the dependent variable (and taking the absence of nomophobia as the reference category) and all variables that showed a significant association in bivariate analysis as independent variables.
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Validation of the Beirut Distress Scale (BDS-10), a short version of BDS-22, to assess psychological distress among the Lebanese population.
Diana Malaeb,Youssef Farchakh,Chadia Haddad,Hala Sacre,Sahar Obeid,Souheil Hallit,Pascale Salameh,Pascale Salameh +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed and validated a short version of the Beirut Distress Scale (BDS-22), the BDS-10, in the Lebanese population, and evaluated the association between psychological distress and other mental disorders.
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Video gaming addiction and its association with memory, attention and learning skills in Lebanese children.
Youssef Farchakh,Chadia Haddad,Hala Sacre,Sahar Obeid,Pascale Salameh,Pascale Salameh,Souheil Hallit +6 more
TL;DR: This article investigated the associations between addiction to video games, and memory, attention and learning abilities among a sample of Lebanese school children, and found that higher addiction to gaming saliency was associated with worse episodic memory, problem solving, basic reading skills, written expression skills and worse clinical attention.
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Association between problematic social media use and memory performance in a sample of Lebanese adults: the mediating effect of anxiety, depression, stress and insomnia
Maya Dagher,Youssef Farchakh,Sam Barbar,Chadia Haddad,Marwan Akel,Souheil Hallit,Sahar Obeid +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional study, conducted between January and May 2019, enrolled 466 community dwelling participants using a proportionate random sample from all Lebanese governorates to evaluate any association between problematic social media use, depression, anxiety, stress, and insomnia vs memory performance among a representative sample of Lebanese people.