marziyeh hamzehzadeh; vahid meshki; Shahriar Shahidi; Rouhollah Mansouri Sepehr
Abstract
Due to the impact of dogmatism on many areas of individual and social life, much research is done focusing on this cognitive construct. However, since that there is no instrument in Iran for assessing Dogmatism, the aim of this study is to prepare Rokeach’s Dogmatism questionnaire and investigate ...
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Due to the impact of dogmatism on many areas of individual and social life, much research is done focusing on this cognitive construct. However, since that there is no instrument in Iran for assessing Dogmatism, the aim of this study is to prepare Rokeach’s Dogmatism questionnaire and investigate its reliability and validity in Iranian students. Finally, 412 students were selected using multi-stage stratified sampling from Shahid Beheshti University students and completed the Persian version of Rokeach’s Dogmatism Questionnaire along with the Conservative thinking style subscale of Sternberg’s thinking styles Inventory. Data were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis by principal component analysis. Analysis showed that the questionnaire is composed of 12 factors having values above 1, which altogether explain 56 percent of its variance. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.75 for whole questionnaire and its correlation with the Conservative thinking style subscale was significantly positive. The results of the present study indicate that this questionnaire is relatively suitable for implementation in the Iranian student community.
mahtab pooatashi; asghar zamani
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to investigate the validity and reliability of thinking style scale amongst agricultural students. A sample of 247 students from Agricultural Colleges of Universities of Tehran, Yasoohj, Ilam, Shahid Bahonar Kerman, and Razi Kermanshah was randomly selected and answered ...
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The purpose of this research is to investigate the validity and reliability of thinking style scale amongst agricultural students. A sample of 247 students from Agricultural Colleges of Universities of Tehran, Yasoohj, Ilam, Shahid Bahonar Kerman, and Razi Kermanshah was randomly selected and answered to the scale items. SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) and AMOS Graphic software were used to analyze the data. Test-retest reliability and internal consistency showed appropriate reliability of thinking style subscales. Since the reliability of Anarchic style was issuable, with omitting one item the reliability reached .74 and acceptable level. Validity of scale confirmed with face and content validity and construct validity confirmed by Confirmatory factor analysis. About the "Form" dimension, the model assessed twice, with 4 items for Anarchic and 5 items for the same style. The results showed satisfactory fit of the model. According to the findings, thinking style scale is valid and reliable for assessing thinking styles of agricultural students.
