3) Ignoring pain comprised the two items 'I tell myself I can't let the pain stand in the way of what I have to do' (coping self statements) and 'I ignore it' (ignoring sensations) (alpha = 0.66).
The initial scale analyses revealed that the Teaching nutrition subscale had one very low communality item (item 39 "I tell my child what to eat and what not to eat without explanation") and two high communality items (item 23 "I discuss with my child why it's important to eat healthy foods", and item 29 "I discuss with my child the nutritional value of foods").
"One item I can tell you that I spoke about with [Netanyahu] … to arrange a match for peace between the national teams of Israel and Palestine and Fifa would be happy to organise it," Blatter said.
Self-disclosure of men's own serostatus to sexual partners was measured with one item: "I always tell my sex partner what my HIV status is before we have sex".
Living in Tucson limited the availability of many items, or so I told myself.
A few items, I was told, were allowed into Henri Bendel in New York and Neiman Marcus stores in Texas and Coral Gables, Fla.
As I prepare to sample the world's most expensive pot of tea, which has gone on the menu for the first time at the Royal China Club in central London, it is in fact the list of exotic, off-menu items I am told about – each with an eye-watering price tag – that piques my interest.
I perused the possibilities, including Item No. 29, the Sunrise Egg Mold ("If my eggs have mold, I'm not eating them," I told Sue); Item No. 42, the Snap-Lock Containers ("We already have enough Tupperware to store leftovers for Luxembourg"); Item No. 47, the Professional Knife Sharpener Wand ("I'd bleed to death"); and Item No. 66, Cashew Torties ("Isn't she an adult-film star?").
"The chef strongly urges that you don't order this item," I've been told by a waiter.
The items I cherish tell stories and have an air of could-have-been about them.
