Simin Hosseinian; Sara Karimi; Faezeh Peimanpak
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The Sources of Counseling Self-Efficacy Scale, Malaysia (SCSE-M) is a self-report scale that measures self-efficacy with a focus on how counselors work with 25 items, however, this scale has not been investigated and psychometrically evaluated in Iranian society. The aim of the current study was, in ...
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The Sources of Counseling Self-Efficacy Scale, Malaysia (SCSE-M) is a self-report scale that measures self-efficacy with a focus on how counselors work with 25 items, however, this scale has not been investigated and psychometrically evaluated in Iranian society. The aim of the current study was, in the first step, to translate this scale from English to Persian and then to determine its psychometric properties in Iranian samples. The survey sample consisted of 297 of his 1400 Tehran city counselors, selected in a Convenience non-random sampling, and they responded to the research tools including Counseling Self-Efficacy Scale (2020), General Self-Efficacy Scale (1995), Deiner Flourishing Scale (2010), and Counselors Self-Efficacy Scale (2009). The data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis According to the findings, face validity, content, and structure showed the appropriate validity and reliability of this tool. We used the combined reliability, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient to assess the reliability and internal consistency of the Counselor Self-Efficacy Resource Scale, and the results showed that this scale has good internal consistency and composite reliability. Finally, the analysis of the correlation matrix related to the variables of the study showed that the Counseling Self-Efficacy Resource Scale had a positive and significant correlation with the general self-efficacy scale (GSE-10), Deiner Flourishing Scale, Counselors Self-Efficacy Scale, age and activity experience (p<0.01). The results of the present study demonstrated that this scale has favorable psychometrically properties in Iranian samples and can be reliably used in Iranian samples to assess self-efficacy in counseling.
Seyedeh Khadijeh Amirian; Afzal Sadat Hoseini Dehshiri
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Ethical values are a subject of academic and public interest. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Ethical Values Assessment (EVA). The study population was all students studying at the University of Tehran in 1400-1401, of whom 422 participated in the study. The ...
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Ethical values are a subject of academic and public interest. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Ethical Values Assessment (EVA). The study population was all students studying at the University of Tehran in 1400-1401, of whom 422 participated in the study. The sample size was determined using Cochran's formula. Participants responded to the Ethical Values Scale (Padilla-Walker & Jensen, 2016), Self Perception Profile for Children (Harter, 1989), Religious Commitment Inventory (Worthington et al., 2003), and the quality of relationships inventory (Pierce et al., 1991), which were provided to them online. The analyzes were performed with SPSS22 and Amos22 and in several steps including item analysis, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability and convergent validity. Results: The results of item analysis showed that all items are sufficient. Exploratory factor analysis led to the extraction of three factors, which were (Based on eigenvalue): ethics of divinity, Community and autonomy. The second-order confirmatory factor analysis also confirmed the three-factor structure along with a general factor of ethical values. The convergent validity of this questionnaire and the total reliability and the reliability of the factors also were appropriate. The questionnaire for measuring ethical values in the Iranian student community has good reliability and validity; Therefore, it can be used as a valid tool to measure ethical values in students.
zahra fatehi Peykani; Hossein Ebrahimi Moghaddam; Haeideh Saberi
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The main purpose of the present study was to investigate psychometric properties of the Adolescent Resilience Scale (ARS, Oshio, Nakaya, Kaneko & Nagamine, 2002) among girl Iranian adolescents. In this correlational study, 486 female adolescents responded to the Adolescent Resilience Scale (ARS), ...
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The main purpose of the present study was to investigate psychometric properties of the Adolescent Resilience Scale (ARS, Oshio, Nakaya, Kaneko & Nagamine, 2002) among girl Iranian adolescents. In this correlational study, 486 female adolescents responded to the Adolescent Resilience Scale (ARS), the Adolescent and Adult Mindfulness Scale (AAMS), the Cognitive Reappraisal Scale (CRS) and the Proactive Coping Scale (PCS). The principal component analysis method with oblimin rotation were used to compute the ARS's factorial validity and correlation coefficients between resilience dimensions with mindfulness, active coping and cognitive reappraisals were used to compute the ARS’s criterion validity. The results of the principal components analysis showed that the adolescent resilience scale consisted of four factors: positive orientation towards the future, emotional regulation, novelty seeking and patience. Correlation coefficients between dimensions of resilience with mindfulness, cognitive reappraisal and active coping supported the criterion validity of adolescent resilience scale, experimentally. Internal consistency for the positive future orientation, emotional regulation, novelty seeking and patience sub scales was 0/90, 0/75, 0/77 & 0/65, respectively. Conclusion: In sum, these findings provide evidence for the validity and reliability of the ARS to measure of psychological resilience as a dynamic process of positive adjustment to stressful experiences and posttraumatic development in girl adolescents.
Azam Azizi; Farideh Hamidi; Maryam Meshkat
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Acculturation is the process of social, psychological and cultural changes that result from the interaction of two cultures and at the same time adapting to the culture that dominates the society. This research was conducted with the purpose of constructing, factoring and validating the acculturation ...
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Acculturation is the process of social, psychological and cultural changes that result from the interaction of two cultures and at the same time adapting to the culture that dominates the society. This research was conducted with the purpose of constructing, factoring and validating the acculturation questionnaire in bilingual female students in Urmia city. The statistical population included bilingual female students of the 10th and 11th grades in the academic year of 1400-1401 in Urmia city. 300 students were selected by three-stage cluster random method and answered the acculturation questionnaire. Reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and validity was calculated using content validity and confirmatory factor analysis. According to the average extracted variance of AVE, 2 extracted factors could explain 51.66 percent of the variance of the acculturation questionnaire. The findings obtained from the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the x2/df index for the two-factor structure was equal to 1.94, and given that it was less than 5, it indicates the optimal fit of the model. And the second root of the mean square of the estimation error is equal to 0.05 and it is smaller than 0.08 and it indicates the good fit of the model. Reliability for the total acculturation score was0.89. Based on the results of the present research, a scale of acculturation with 15 items and two components of language and cultural identity was extracted, which can be appropriate to measure the level of acculturation of students.
Gholam Reza Ghazanfari; Zohreh Rafezi
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Narcissism is a disorder that affects interpersonal relationships and experiences, cognition, inclinations, and emotions, and accurate and early diagnosis of this disorder is important for psychological interventions. Hence, several measurement tools have been developed for this purposeThe aim of the ...
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Narcissism is a disorder that affects interpersonal relationships and experiences, cognition, inclinations, and emotions, and accurate and early diagnosis of this disorder is important for psychological interventions. Hence, several measurement tools have been developed for this purposeThe aim of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Sherman Short Form Factor narcissism scale (FFNI-SF). The sample consisted of 576 students of different educational levels of Allameh Tabataba’i, Tehran and Amirkabir Universities who completed FFNI-SF, Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) and narcissistic personality Inventory (NPI). Data analysis was performed using psychometric indices such as internal consistency, test-retest reliability, convergent and construct validity. The results showed that the internal consistency index, Cronbach's alpha, was suitable for the whole questionnaire of 0.87 and for 15 subscales between 0.54 and 0.79. The test-retest reliability of the whole scale in three-week intervals was 0.88 and the test-retest coefficients of the test-retest subscales for 15 subscales were between 0.55 to 0.81, that was suitable. Also, the convergent validity of this questionnaire was significant due to the overall correlation coefficient of the score of this questionnaire with two questionnaires (PNI) and (NPI), respectively, equal to 0.52 and 0.53. The construct validity of this questionnaire, which was performed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), also showed a suitable and acceptable fitness of this questionnaire. In general, the results showed that this questionnaire has suitable validity and reliability. Therefore, the Iranian version of this FFNI-SF questionnaire can be used as a suitable tool by experts to assess narcissistic personality traits.
Marziyeh Karimi; SADEGH NASRI; Fatemeh Ghaemi
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Parental stress has significant negative effects on the physical and mental health of parents of children with autism. The aim of the research was to investigate the psychometric properties of the parenting stress scale in mothers of children with autism. The survey research method and the statistical ...
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Parental stress has significant negative effects on the physical and mental health of parents of children with autism. The aim of the research was to investigate the psychometric properties of the parenting stress scale in mothers of children with autism. The survey research method and the statistical population of mothers with a child with autism spectrum disorder in Tehran in the spring of 2022. The statistical sample was 276 mothers of children with autism who were selected in an available manner. The tools used to measure autism parenting stress scales were Petrosvan and Miles (2009) and resilience of Conner and Davidson (2003). Descriptive and inferential statistics as well as confirmatory factor analysis were used for data analysis. SPSS version 25 and Smart PLS version 3.2 software were also used. The findings showed that the Cronbach's alpha value of the autism parenting stress scale is equal to 0.953 and for the four components of the child's behaviors and communication, care stress, supporting the child's needs and personal and family life, the reliability coefficients are between 0.76 and 0.92. Composite reliability was obtained for the whole scale of 0.962 and for the components between 0.86 and 0.93. The face and content validity of the scale was confirmed by the opinions of parents and experts. Criterion validity using resilience scale has been equally acceptable. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that while the scale has favorable convergent and divergent validity, the four-factor model was confirmed. Considering the appropriate reliability and validity, it is recommended to clinical experts and researchers to use the mentioned scale to measure the parenting stress of mothers.
Mohammad Mohammadipour; shabnam nourollahi
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Digital literacy competencies play a pivotal role in teachers' professional development. However, the absence of effective instrument for measuring teacher digital learning has hampered researches in this area. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of Zimmer, McTigue and ...
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Digital literacy competencies play a pivotal role in teachers' professional development. However, the absence of effective instrument for measuring teacher digital learning has hampered researches in this area. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of Zimmer, McTigue and Matsuda (2021) Digital Learning Identity Questionnaire. The research method was survey. The statistical population of the study was all school teachers in Mashhad who were teaching in the academic year 1399-1400. Using the available sampling method and based on Cochran's formula, the sample size was 420 people. The questionnaire was distributed and completed electronically after translation and validation by experts. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine the validity of the structure and internal consistency method (Cronbach's alpha) was used for reliability. The results of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the fit of the model and the structure of the internal relations of the items. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the digital learning identity questionnaire was 0.97 and for self-regulated learning (0.86), Knowledge Resources (0.91), Attitude (0.91), efficacy (0.91), knowledge achievement (0.91) and challenge (0.90) were obtained. Conclusion: Teachers' digital learning identity questionnaire has acceptable psychometric properties and can be used as a valid instrument in research.
Maryam Asoodeh; Rasool Kord noghabi
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the wisdom questionnaire. The population was all the citizens living in Hamadan. in doing so, 440 individuals were selected by convenience sampling procedure. Then, in order to collect data, a researcher-made questionnaire was ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the wisdom questionnaire. The population was all the citizens living in Hamadan. in doing so, 440 individuals were selected by convenience sampling procedure. Then, in order to collect data, a researcher-made questionnaire was administered to the participants of the study. The results of factor analysis showed that 58 items from 121 items were eliminated and the opening of the experience was removed from 9 dimensions and 63 items showed high factor loading. Findings indicate that 8 dimensions of the questionnaire had a total variance of 41.81%. Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient and the test-retest of the wisdom questionnaire were 0.85 and 0.87, respectively, which indicates an acceptable level of reliability. Therefore, coordination between dimensions with total score is acceptable. The validity and reliability of the researcher-made questionnaire are at the acceptable level and indicates that the questionnaire is good enough.
Azam Mansourinik; Iran Davoudi; Abdolkazem Neisi; Mahnaz Mehrabizade Honarmand; MohammadReza Tamannaeifar
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Objectified Body Consciousness Scale is a prominent scale of the key construct in the body image literature. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Psychometric properties of the Persian version of Objectified Body Consciousness Scale in women. 290 female undergraduate students of Shahid Chamran ...
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Objectified Body Consciousness Scale is a prominent scale of the key construct in the body image literature. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Psychometric properties of the Persian version of Objectified Body Consciousness Scale in women. 290 female undergraduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz who were selected by multi - stage random sampling participated in this research. In order to collect information the Objectified Body Consciousness Scale (McKinley & Hyde,1996), Appearance Schemas Inventory (Cash & Labarj,1996) and appearance orientation subscale of Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire -Appearance Scale (Cash,2000) were used. The validity of the OBCS was measured using confirmatory factor analysis and convergent validity, and the reliability of the scale was assessed by internal consistency and Half-Split. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated an acceptable fit of the extracted model. Correlation coefficients between the OBCS and its factors (body surveillance, body shame and appearance control beliefs) with appearance schema and appearance orientation showed that the scale has good convergent validity (p <0.01). Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient for OBCS and its factors (body surveillance, body shame and appearance control beliefs) were calculated to be 0.71, 0.78, 0.75 and 0.65, respectively. Also, the reliability coefficients of the OBCS were obtained by Half-Split method (Spearman-Brown and Guttman) 0.50 and for its factors (body surveillance, body shame and appearance control beliefs) in the range of 0.65 to 0.71, and by retest method 0.79 and for its factors (body surveillance, body shame and appearance control beliefs) 0.83, 0.66, and 0.63 respectively after four weeks. The results indicate that the OBCS in Iran has a good validity and reliability.
Asghar Minaei; Marzieh Hassani
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The Big Five Inventory (BFI) is one of the most widely used personality questionnaires, but very few studies have been conducted on its psychometric properties in Iranian population. This study was carried out with the aim of studying the psychometric properties of the BFI questionnaire. For this purpose, ...
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The Big Five Inventory (BFI) is one of the most widely used personality questionnaires, but very few studies have been conducted on its psychometric properties in Iranian population. This study was carried out with the aim of studying the psychometric properties of the BFI questionnaire. For this purpose, 390 university students in Tehran (210 girls and 180 boys) with an age range of 18 to 56 years (M = 27.52; SD = 8.79) were selected using the convenience sampling method and completed BFI and NEO-FFI questionnaires. Cronbach's alpha, multitrait-multimethod matrix, and confirmatory factor analysis were used to estimate the psychometric properties of the questionnaire. The result of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that 15 of the 44 items did not have a strong factor loading (higher than 0.40) on the corresponding factors and were therefore removed from the questionnaire. The fit indices showed that the Persian version of 29 questions (BFI-29) with 5 factors has a good fit with the data. The reliability analysis also showed that the range of Cronbach's alpha coefficients of the factors is from 0.70 to 0.79. The lowest Cronbach's alpha coefficient was related to agreeableness factor and the highest was related to conscientiousness. The findings from the multitrait-multimethod matrix showed that the BFI-29 questionnaire has good convergent and divergent validity with the NEO-FFI questionnaire. In general, based on the results of the present study, it can be said that the BFI-29 questionnaire has desirable psychometric properties and whenever a short tool for personality measurement is needed, this questionnaire can be used.
marziyeh hamzehzadeh; vahid meshki; Shahriar Shahidi; Rouhollah Mansouri Sepehr
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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 ...
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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.
Marzieh Saviz; Elaheh Hejazi; Keyvan Salehi; Gholamali Afrooz
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Morality is recognized as a context and culture dependent concept and the correct measurement of morality by means of valid and appropriate instruments of the related context and culture has always been the focus of psychologists. The main purpose of this study was to develop a scale for assessing morality ...
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Morality is recognized as a context and culture dependent concept and the correct measurement of morality by means of valid and appropriate instruments of the related context and culture has always been the focus of psychologists. The main purpose of this study was to develop a scale for assessing morality in Iranian adolescents and to validate this scale. The research method was a mixed method and the design was exploratory and tool development. The research sample in the quantitative section consisted of 1823 first grade male and female students in districts 4, 2, 3, 16 and 11 of Tehran who were selected by multistage sampling.In the qualitative section after the qualitative analysis of the interviews, it was determined that Iranian adolescents define ethics in seven categories: justice, care, moral agency, moral sensitivity, moral responsibility, moral motivation, and personal values. Using qualitative findings, the moral tool was constructed and after preliminary implementation, the validity and reliability of the original sample was assessed.The content validity of the scale was confirmed by experts and with CVR index of 0.91. The criterion validity was assessed by running the Davies Empathy Questionnaire (1983) and the correlation coefficients of the two questionnaires. The construct validity was confirmed by second-order factor analysis as well as the mean variance extracted (AVE). The reliability of the instrument was confirmed by internal consistency and Cronbach's alpha coefficients (0.87) and composite reliability test for components ranged from 0.72 to 0.87. According to the results of this study, the instrument of moral development of adolescents for measuring this construct in Iranian samples has good reliability and validity.
Fariborz Dortaj; moslem daneshpayeh; fatemeh shakvari vosta
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Wisdom is one of the highest virtues and in the vast range of social activities, it ultimately improves itself and society. this study was aimed to examine the psychometric properties of The San Diego Wisdom Scale (SD-WISE). For this purpose, a sample of 350 students of Allameh Tabatabai University (223 ...
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Wisdom is one of the highest virtues and in the vast range of social activities, it ultimately improves itself and society. this study was aimed to examine the psychometric properties of The San Diego Wisdom Scale (SD-WISE). For this purpose, a sample of 350 students of Allameh Tabatabai University (223 females and 132 males) was selected by Stratified random sampling. and answered the SD-WISE questions, which consists of the six components of Social Advising, Emotional Regulation, Decisiveness, Insight, Pro-Social Behaviors, Tolerance for Divergent Values. The statistical characteristics, item analysis, validity coefficients, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used to assess the psychometric properties of the scale. The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated based on Cronbach's alpha equal to 0.81. The correlation between this scale and the three-dimensional wisdom scale was 0.56, which indicates the validity of the questionnaire.The results showed that after several runs of factor analysis and extraction of different solutions, five factors were extracted using the varimax method. Percentage of the variance shared by variables for the five factors, overall, can explain 54.236 percent of the total variance of variables. In addition, the model of confirmatory factor analysis was used to confirm the extracted factors, for which two models were compared and evaluated: the factor structure of the original version and the factor structure derived using the LISREL measurement model. The fit indices showed that the derived five-factor model has better fitness to the data than the original model.
Aydin Motamedin; Seyyed Davoud Hosseininasab; Marzieh Alivandie Vafa
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The aim of this study was to conduct a test for diagnosis of behavioral problems in male and female, elementary school students in Tabriz and to investigate its validity and reliability. The research method is descriptive of correlation type. The statistical population consisted of all male and female ...
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The aim of this study was to conduct a test for diagnosis of behavioral problems in male and female, elementary school students in Tabriz and to investigate its validity and reliability. The research method is descriptive of correlation type. The statistical population consisted of all male and female elementary school students who were studying during academic year 2019-2020. A total of 1374 elementary school male and female students were selected as sample members by available sampling method, then mothers of the same students answered the questions of children's behavioral problems diagnosis test and finally the test was constructed based on DSM-5 criteria using factor analysis method. The results of exploratory factor analysis introduced principal component analysis with independent varimax rotation of seven factors, respectively, with the titles of conduct problem, mere hyperactivity, mere attention deficit, academic learning, separation anxiety, oppositional defiance, and social communication, which together explained 32.30% of the total variance of variables. All seven factors and the whole questionnaire had appropriate validity. In addition to face and content validity, the Eigen value method was used more than 1 and the results showed that both the seven factors and the whole test had good validity. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.61 to 0.79 for the reliability of the seven test factors and for the whole test (α=0.90). The mean prevalence of behavioral problems in children in the sample group was 10.4% in the seven obtained factors. Due to the desirable behavioral characteristics of children's behavioral problems diagnosis test, this test can be used to diagnose the seven problems obtained for screen, prevention or treatment in clinical or research work.
Seyedeh Asma Hosseini; hannane mohammadi; Zeinab Saadat
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Resilience as a process of positive adjustment in front of significant sources of stress, has some types. One of the types that has recently been considered is cognitive resilience. The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Cognitive ...
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Resilience as a process of positive adjustment in front of significant sources of stress, has some types. One of the types that has recently been considered is cognitive resilience. The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Cognitive Resilience Scale (CRS) in a sample of Iranian society. First, the translation and re-translation of the English version of CRS was done and the Persian version of it was prepared. A total of 300 Iranian subjects completed the CRS, Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI), and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). The results showed that the content validity of the CRS was reviewed and confirmed based on the opinions of 10 psychologists. Evaluation of psychometric properties of CRS questionnaire using confirmatory and explanatory factor analysis method showed that the questionnaire has appropriate psychometric properties. Convergent validity was examined by calculating the Pearson correlation coefficient of CRS with CFI and CD-RISC, and indicated a significant positive correlation between them. Reliability was also obtained by Cronbach's alpha and retest. The Persian form of CRS in the Iranian sample has sufficient validity and reliability.
Abolfazl Karami; Raana Karami; Ali Alipour
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Abstract:The aim of this study concerned with validating the fifth version of Wechsler Children’s Intelligence Test on Iranian children aged between 6 and 16 years old.According to the statistics of students studying in elementary school and junior high school, 1200 people were selected as a multi-stage ...
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Abstract:The aim of this study concerned with validating the fifth version of Wechsler Children’s Intelligence Test on Iranian children aged between 6 and 16 years old.According to the statistics of students studying in elementary school and junior high school, 1200 people were selected as a multi-stage cluster research model. Wechsler Children’s Intelligence Test 5th edition and Wechsler Children’s Intelligence Test 4th edition, were the measuring instruments. The reliability of subtests, intelligence quotient and indexes were performed using three following methods: bisection, Cronbach’s alpha, and retesting.To calculate and analyze the test validity, the criterion method was simultaneously performed on 240 people with the correlation of indexes and Wechsler 5 intelligence with Wechsler IV; and structural validity through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. To analyze and operation of all subtests, the difficulty coefficient and discriminative coefficient were calculated. The results of the findings of the all three methods used for reliability showed that this test is highly validated in Iran, and the results were consistent with the results of the same test compare in the United States. The difficulty and discriminative coefficient of the questions were appropriate in Iran. Due to the up-to-date and high psychometric properties of this test in Iran and obsolescence of previous versions, it is recommended to use this test to evaluate children aged between 6 and 16 years old in Iran. Keywords: Intelligence, Reliability, Validity, Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children 5th edition and Iranian Elementary and Junior High School Students 6 to 16 years old
nasibeh zarei manoojan; Massoud Hosseinchari; bahram jowkar; Razieh Sheikholeslami
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One of the crucial needs of students for entering the next stages of life is earning academic psychological capital at school, a capital facilitating their entrance to organizational community and university. Considering the importance of psychological capital in the area of education and lack of a valid ...
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One of the crucial needs of students for entering the next stages of life is earning academic psychological capital at school, a capital facilitating their entrance to organizational community and university. Considering the importance of psychological capital in the area of education and lack of a valid and reliable instrument for measuring it during the high school period, the present study attempted to fill this gap and to provide evidence related to determining the reliability and validity of the academic psychological capital scale. This scale was designed and developed on the first and second secondary levels at Manoojan, Iran. A sample of 260 participants were chosen through convenience sampling and responded to the questionnaire items. For determining the reliability and construct validity of the scale, first and secondary confirmatory factor analysis was used. The results of confirmatory factor analysis indicated that all four factors identified based on the theoretical underpinning of the study were confirmed. The criterion validity was assessed through correlation of the results with those obtained from the Lootanz's (2007) psychological capital scale, and the total reliability coefficient for the scale developed in the study was found to be .92. Consequently, it can be stated that the developed scale can be used in research studies in the realm of academic psychological capital.
mohammad asgari; Azam Kalaee; maryam pourmoosavi
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The purpose of this study was to validate the online narcissism personality inventory (ONPI) in the Iranian sample. This research is an applied and methodologically was descriptive survey research. The statistical population included all individuals aged 18-50 years old active in cyberspace residing ...
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The purpose of this study was to validate the online narcissism personality inventory (ONPI) in the Iranian sample. This research is an applied and methodologically was descriptive survey research. The statistical population included all individuals aged 18-50 years old active in cyberspace residing in Tehran. 400 individuals (200 females and 200 males) were selected using available sampling method. First, the online narcissism personality inventory (ONPI) was translated into Persian and its content validity was confirmed by psychology and counseling professors. After collecting the required samples, reliability of this tool was determined by SPSS-23 software using Cronbach's alpha for the components of Authority (α = 0.758), Self-Sufficiency (α = 0.767), Superiority (α = 0.712), Exhibitionism (α = 0.764), Exploitativeness (α = 0.754), Vanity (α = 0.705), Entitlement (α = 0.714) and for the whole inventory (α = 0.838). The construct validity of this tool using exploratory factor analysis also showed that the data obtained with the 7-factor model were goodness of fit. Then, the validity and reliability of the inventori's standard scores for each range of scores were assessed by Jmetrik-4.1.1 software. Behaviors that people display in the Cyberspaceare different from the real world, this tool can be used as a convenient tool for measuring narcissism.
karim abdolmohamadi; Ghadiri Sourman Abadi Farhad; Khoshdavi Ebrahimzadeh; Amir Alizadeh; Mostafa Zarean; Fahimeh Nourafkan
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Considering the extent of developmental-behavioral problems, existing questionnaires assess the limited aspects of these problems. Developmental -Behavioral Problem Questionnaire (FTF) is more comprehensive than other tools and made with a comprehensive look at these problems. The purpose of this study ...
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Considering the extent of developmental-behavioral problems, existing questionnaires assess the limited aspects of these problems. Developmental -Behavioral Problem Questionnaire (FTF) is more comprehensive than other tools and made with a comprehensive look at these problems. The purpose of this study was to validate this questionnaire in Iranian society. The present study is descriptive. A sample of 700 individuals was selected through cluster sampling from Tehran, East Azarbaijan, Isfahan, Ahvaz and Kurdistan provinces, 55 subjects were excluded from the statistical analysis due to incomplete response to the questionnaires, in this way, the final sample was reduced to 645 mothers. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 25 and LISREL. The present questionnaire consists of 18 dimensions. The reliability coefficients of the dimensions of the questionnaire are between 0/486 (defective in organizing) and up to 0/916 (academic skill deficiency). And also with regard to the fitting indicators reported, the six-factor model is considered to be the best-fit model. According to the findings of the present study, the developmental -Behavioral problems (FTF) questionnaire(FTF) in Iranian society as a tool for evaluating developmental-behavioral problems has a good validity. And can be used as a valid tool in clinical and research settings.
Zahra Mesbah; khadijeh abolmali; Farideh Hamidi
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The present study aimed to construct, identify and validate the Readiness Questionnaire for of readiness for change in adolescent girls. The research method was a sequential exploratory combination with a tool compilation model. The research method in the qualitative part of text analysis in deductive-inductive ...
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The present study aimed to construct, identify and validate the Readiness Questionnaire for of readiness for change in adolescent girls. The research method was a sequential exploratory combination with a tool compilation model. The research method in the qualitative part of text analysis in deductive-inductive method and statistical population included books and articles related to theories and factors affecting the readiness for change and the sample was selected purposefully. In a small part of the society, it included female students in the second year of high school in District 5 of Tehran in 2009-2010. 300 students randomly selected a two-step cluster method and completed the Readiness to Change questionnaire. To confirm the data, the confirmatory factor analysis was used first, the fitness indicators were not desirable in the first step. After using exploratory factor analysis by way of combining items, confirmatory factor analysis was used again and the fit indices indicated the fit of the model with the collected data. Accordingly, the factors of skills, personality traits, adaptability and risk-taking were confirmed. The internal consistency of the questionnaire and the components for the mentioned factors were 0.66, 0.71, 0.68 and 0.72, respectively, and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the whole questionnaire was 0.83. The average extracted variance (AVE) of the components is 0.652, 0.625, 0.528 and 0.510, respectively, indicating that the extracted components have an acceptable convergent validity. The reliability of the whole test was also estimated to be 0.88. The questionnaire can be used for research purposes, and psychologists can use it to measure the readiness of adolescent girls to change.
Yaser Garavand; Mohammad Koohi; Elahe Seyed kaboli; ahmad alizadeh
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The present study was conducted with the aim of constructing and investigating the factor structure of students' research engagement questionnaire. The research method was survey and the statistical population includes all of the postgraduate students of humanities faculty (Literature and Humanities, ...
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The present study was conducted with the aim of constructing and investigating the factor structure of students' research engagement questionnaire. The research method was survey and the statistical population includes all of the postgraduate students of humanities faculty (Literature and Humanities, Islamic Theology and Science, Sport Sciences, Education and Psychology, Administrative and Economic Sciences) at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (N=3199). Using Cochran formula, the sample size was estimated to be 343 student. The participants were selected by stratified random sampling. The theoretical model Linnenbrink and Pintrich (2002) was determined as the basis of scale construction. This model includes three components of cognitive, emotional, and leadership engagement. SPSS and AMOS software are used for data analysis. Content validity and confirmatory factor analysis were used to determine the validity of the questionnaire and Cronbach's alpha coefficient to check the reliability. The results showed that the alpha coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.89 and for cognitive (0.80), emotional (0.73) and behavioral (0.76). Content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 8 experts of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (based on CVI) and inappropriate items were removed. Goodness indicators confirmed the fit of the model. According to the research results the research engagement questionnaire had good internal consistency and validity and this questionnaire can be used in research.
Hamid Barani; Seyede Parisa Salamat; Mahbubeh Fouladchang
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Introduction: Although different tools have been designed to measure mindfulness, none of these tools comprehensively examined the dimensions of mindfulness together. Moreover, they were related to a specific age group only. In response to this research gap, the Droutman et al.'s Mindfulness Scale (AAMS) ...
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Introduction: Although different tools have been designed to measure mindfulness, none of these tools comprehensively examined the dimensions of mindfulness together. Moreover, they were related to a specific age group only. In response to this research gap, the Droutman et al.'s Mindfulness Scale (AAMS) is designed with 19 items to measure four dimensions of mindfulness for both groups of adolescents and adults. The aim of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of Droutman et al.'s Mindfulness Scale in two groups of students. Methods: The present study, in the form of a psychometric study, sought to investigate the validity and reliability of the Droutman et al.'s Mindfulness Scale. The study participants were 525 people (220 university students and 305 school students) who were studying in 1397-98 academic year and completed Droutman et al.'s Mindfulness Scale, Gilbert et al.'s Social safeness and pleasure scale, Keyes & Magyar-Moe Emotional well –being scale, and Kraaij & Garnefski behavioral emotion regulation questionnaire. The Data were analyzed using correlation coefficient, Cronbach's alpha coefficient and confirmatory factor analysis. Results: The results of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the four factors of attention and awareness, being non- reactive, being non-judgmental and being self- accepting. The results of correlation with other tests also confirmed the convergent validity of the scale. The Cronbach's alpha method was used to determine the reliability of the scale, with all coefficients indicating an acceptable internal consistency of the subscales and the total score of the scale. Conclusion: The results show that the Droutman et al.'s mindfulness scale has a very good validity and reliability in Iranian university and school students, and It is effective in measuring mindfulness in the four dimensions mentioned. The results are based on research and theoretical evidence.
mina nezami; Zahra Naghsh; Elaheh HejaziHejazi
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This study investigated the validity, reliability and factor structure of Delaware school climate- student (DSCS-S) (Bear, Gaskins, Blank, Chen, 2016) in Iranian girl high school students. 500 girl high school students from grade 11 (250 experimental sciences, 250 human sciences) were selected through ...
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This study investigated the validity, reliability and factor structure of Delaware school climate- student (DSCS-S) (Bear, Gaskins, Blank, Chen, 2016) in Iranian girl high school students. 500 girl high school students from grade 11 (250 experimental sciences, 250 human sciences) were selected through multi-stage sampling method and Persian version of DSCS-S was administrated among three towns of Zanjan province. The results based on item analysis showed that Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the scale was 0.92. Then the internal consistency of the scale was high. Confirmatory factor analysis also confirmed this structure and the existence of 7 factors: teacher-student relations, student-student relations, student engagement, clarity of expectations, fairness of rules, school safety and bullying. The factor structure of the scale was invariant by major. Goodness of fit indicates of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the 7 extracted factors. Based on the results, Persian version of DSCS-S can be used as a precise instrument among girl high school students in Iran.
kamran sheivandi; yaser azad farsani; mousa riahi
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Self-efficacy is one of the important structures in Bandura's cognitive-social theory and it means the individual's confidence and belief in his ability to control his thoughts, feelings, activities, and his effective performance in stress situations.The purpose of the present study was to examine factor ...
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Self-efficacy is one of the important structures in Bandura's cognitive-social theory and it means the individual's confidence and belief in his ability to control his thoughts, feelings, activities, and his effective performance in stress situations.The purpose of the present study was to examine factor structure and psychometric properties of the Career decision Self- Efficacy Scale Short Form among the students. The research method was correlation (validity and reliability measurement) and the statistical population consisted of students university of Tehran in the academic year of 2016-2017, from which a sample of 367 students were selected by cluster random sampling. Measuring instruments were the Career decision Self- Efficacy scales. To investigate the validity aspect of Career decision Self- Efficacy scales confirmatory factor analysis technique (CFA) was used. The results showed that the model parameters are fit. The scale reliability coefficient, and internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha was 0.88. According to the results, the Career decision Self- Efficacy scales, in the community students university of Tehran, has good reliability and validity.
sajjad basharpoor; mina taherifard; gelavizh mohamadi
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Background: In two current decades, it is posed that the six factor of personality (HEXACO( provide the comprehensive explanation of personality, thus construction and validating the HEXACO questionnaires is important. Aim: Giving the importance of six factor model of personality (HEXACO) in behavioral ...
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Background: In two current decades, it is posed that the six factor of personality (HEXACO( provide the comprehensive explanation of personality, thus construction and validating the HEXACO questionnaires is important. Aim: Giving the importance of six factor model of personality (HEXACO) in behavioral research. Method: this research was conducted in order to investigate psychometric properties of Persian version of brief HEXACO inventory in university students. The all students of university of Mohaghegh Ardabili in 2014 educational years comprised the statistic population of this study. three hundred and seventy students (211 male and 159 female) were selected Multistage cluster randomly, then participated in this research. The subjects responded individually to the questionnaires of brief HEXACO inventory, revised Life Orientation Test, GHQ-12 and big five personality at classrooms. The gathers data were analyzed by tests of Pearson correlation, independent t, and explorative and confirmatory factor analyze using by SPSS21 and LISREL8.8 softwares. Results: The results of the explorative factor analyze showed the six factors with eigenvalue higher than 1, this 6 factor were explaining 75/20 % of variance together. Confirmatory factor analysis indicators also implied to the optimal fitness of three-factor model of this questionnaire. The results of the Pearson correlation showed the statistically significant correlation between brief HEXACO and big five subscales. The cronbach,s alpha coefficients for the subscales were obtaining ranging 0/78-0/94. Conclusion: Basing the results of this study, it can be conclude that brief HEXACO inventory scale has well validly and reliability for uses in university student’s populations.