Psychometric Characteristics of Voluntary Functions Inventory in Iran Red Crescent Members

Sohrabi, Faramarz; Mamsharifi, Peyman; Farrokhi, Noorali

doi:10.22054/jem.2022.45346.1948

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Professor of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

² PHD Student of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

³ Associate Professor of Assessment and Measurement, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i .Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/jem.2022.45346.1948

Abstract

Improving participation in voluntary activities in Iran is important because increasing productivity among young people, given the country's young population, contributes to community sustainability. Therefore, a better understanding of volunteer motivation in Iranian youth is needed. The Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) for assessing volunteer motivations has good psychometric properties and is adapted to several languages, but no validated Iranian translation yet exists. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometric Characteristics of voluntary functions inventory in members of Iranian Red Crescent Society. Sample size was 595 members of Youth Organization of Iranian Red Crescent Society from 31 provinces and 175 cities of Iran that were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method and responded to voluntary functions inventory. Data were collected using a demographic sample and voluntary functions inventory (VFI). Confirmatory factor analysis using principal components method was used for data analysis. The results of the present study showed that the voluntary functions inventory had validity and reliability. Also, the factor structure showed that 29 items and 6 factors well assess people's attitudes to volunteering, and the structure of this inventory was well-fitted and confirmed all goodness of fit models. The present study provides the use of the Iranian translation of the Voluntary Functions Inventory (6 scales and 29 items) to assess volunteer motivation among young Iranian volunteers.

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Volume 12, Issue 47
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Psychometric Characteristics of Voluntary Functions Inventory in Iran Red Crescent Members

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Volume 12, Issue 47April 2022Pages 33-54

Volume 12, Issue 47
April 2022
Pages 33-54