M Saffarinia; M Tadris Tabrizi; M Aliakbari
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objective: The aim of this study was studying exploring the validity, relibility of Keyes` Social Well-being Questionnaire among women and men in Tehran. Method: This research was kind of survey. Statistical population of this research was included women and men in Tehran City that 500 women and men ...
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objective: The aim of this study was studying exploring the validity, relibility of Keyes` Social Well-being Questionnaire among women and men in Tehran. Method: This research was kind of survey. Statistical population of this research was included women and men in Tehran City that 500 women and men randomly selected by multi-phases clustering sampling from statistical population. Research tool was Keyes` Social Well-being Questionnaire (1998). For studying the scale`s reliability was used of test-retest method and for studyind valilidity used of exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Results: Pearson correlation coefficient between two times implementations showed that this questionnaire has high reliability and confirmatory factor analysis showed that model has moderate fitness in determining factors in the primary form expressed by Keyes (1998). Also , results of the means indicated that social contribution mean in wemon, men and whole participants was more than other factors. Conclusion:According to the research results, the questionnaire is valid and reliable tool and has good fitness for Iranian population.
mahnaz ali akbari dehkordi; farhad shaghaghi; ali asghar kako juibari; mARYAM ZARE; zeynab shayghian; fatemeh amir abadi; faegheh khaleghi delavar; hoseynieh shahryari
Volume 2, Issue 8 , July 2012, , Pages 39-64
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The fact that childhood temperament is one of the most important determinants of adults' emotional and psychological disorders makes early assessment of difficult and problematic temperament necessary. Moreover, appropriate tools are needed to attain this objective. The present study seeks to evaluate ...
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The fact that childhood temperament is one of the most important determinants of adults' emotional and psychological disorders makes early assessment of difficult and problematic temperament necessary. Moreover, appropriate tools are needed to attain this objective. The present study seeks to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of ps-TCI in the Iranian preschoolers. A statistical sample of 200 children from five kindergartens in Shahriar was randomly selected through the process of cluster sampling, and their temperament and personality were tested by 18 kindergarten teachers using the Cloninger’s Preschool Temperament and Character Inventory. After fourteen days, the process was repeated, and its validity and reliability were assessed. The reliability was calculated by test-retest, spilt-half and Cronbach's alpha coefficient as 0.89, 0.75 and 0.82, respectively. The validity of the inventory was also investigated by convergent validity and exploratory factor analysis. The results from factor analysis and varimax rotation method yielded seven factors, including cooperativeness, harm- avoidance, novelty-seeking, reward-dependence, persistence, self- direction and self-transcendence which accounted for 59.19% of the total variance. The convergent validity was confirmed by computing a correlation coefficient between the subscales together and with total scale, which was significant between 0.62 and 0.71 (p<0.01). In conclusion, Cloninger’s preschool Temperament and Character Inventory generally proved to be a valid and reliable tool in evaluating the temperaments of the Iranian preschoolers.
