maryam moghadasin; mohamadali Asghari Moghaddam
Volume 1, Issue 4 , July 2011, , Pages 1-42
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This paper examines the structure factor (Confirmatory) of a Persian Version of the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI-2) in Iranian Clinical Sample. Sampel of this study consisted of 553 patients that referred to two psychiatric clinic in Tehran city between 86 - 89 years, ...
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This paper examines the structure factor (Confirmatory) of a Persian Version of the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI-2) in Iranian Clinical Sample. Sampel of this study consisted of 553 patients that referred to two psychiatric clinic in Tehran city between 86 - 89 years, (178 males and 375 females) between 17 - 66 years with the diagnostic group that were classified; anxiety disorders, mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, personality disorders, impulsive control disorder and phobia disorder with convenient sampling. After data collection, data were analyzed by Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, in the end, a questionnaire consisting of 48 item with five scales and four subscales; (the State Anger (internal state and external state), Trait Anger (Angry temperament and Angry reaction), Anger Expression-Out, Anger Expression-In and Anger Control) were excluded as the final questionnaire. Significantly differences were obtained in the factor structure of Iranian and American samples. In section of Stait - anger instead of three subscales-feeling of anger, verbal expression of anger and physical expression of anger, extrated the internal state and external state subscale. In section of trait anger by eliminating the 19 item was confirmed angry temperament and the angry reaction subscales. In section of Expression of anger, two scales of Anger Control – out and Anger Control –In loading on a first factor as Anger Control. Three item of anger Expression-Out and five item of anger Expression-In eliminated due to poor psychometrics characteristics and loading on the irrelevant factor.Relatively stable factor structure were obtained for men and women with the exception of differences on the Anger Expression-In scale.
saeedeh panahi; mohammad ali asghari moghadam; mohamad reza shaeeri; somayeh eghtedar nejhad
Volume 1, Issue 2 , January 2011, , Pages 21-46
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This paper examines the psychometric properties of a Persian version of the Short form of Health Anxiety Inventory (F- SHAI) among non-clinical Iranian population. After translation of the SHAI from English into Persian and pilot testing, the following steps were taken: first, the F-SHAI was administered ...
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This paper examines the psychometric properties of a Persian version of the Short form of Health Anxiety Inventory (F- SHAI) among non-clinical Iranian population. After translation of the SHAI from English into Persian and pilot testing, the following steps were taken: first, the F-SHAI was administered to 519 healthy students or employees from a number of universities in Tehran. The results of principal component analysis with Varimax rotation showed that three factors best explained the F-SHAI structure amongst the study sample. These factors were (1) “Illness Probability”, (2) “Illness Consequences”, and (3) “Preoccupation with Illness”. Cronbach alphas, mean inter-item correlations and test-retest coefficients (with 21-day interval) showed that this solution was reliable. Second, in order to examine the convergent and divergent validity of the F-SHAI and its 3 subscales, 472 participants from the original sample (i.e., 519) completed the two measures of Illness Attitude Scale (IAS) and Positive and Negative Affects Scales (PANAS). Pearson correlations were calculated between the F-SHAI and its 3 subscales with the total scores of the IAS and positive affect and negative affect of the PANAS. These results provide further support for the convergent validity of the F-SHAI and its 3 subscales. Furthermore, these results confirme the divergent validity of the F- SHAI and the two subscales of “Illness Probability” and “Illness Consequences”. The authors suggest that the F-SHAI and its 3 subscales are sufficiently valid and reliable for research purposes in the Iranian population.
