Ebrahimzadeh K, Ghadiri Sourman Abadi F, Anvari Anbi S, Abdolmohamadi K. Psychometric Properties of School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised: Parent Version in Iranian Population. PCP 2020; 8 (2) :123-132
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1- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
2- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran. , farhadghadiri17@yahoo.com
3- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Azad University of Urmia, Urmia, Iran.
4- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract: (2451 Views)
Objective: This study aimed at evaluating the factor validity of the Kearny school refusal assessment scale-revised: parent version among parents of school students in Urmia City, Iran.
Methods: The study population comprised students in the first, second, and third grades of elementary schools in Urmia (N=18750). Of them, 351 students from 5 schools were selected using a multistage cluster sampling method. Then, They responded to the Kearny school refusal assessment scale-revised: parent version. To assess the construct validity of this scale, confirmatory factor analysis and internal consistency were used.
Results: The goodness of fit index of the confirmatory factor analysis model indicated a relatively good fit of the data with factor structure of the school refusal assessment scale-revised and confirming the existence of four characters of school stimulus, evaluative situations, seeking caregivers’ attention, and tangible reinforcements, as school refusal characters. Also, the Cronbach alpha coefficient values indicate the stability of the measurement of the whole scale as well as its subscales.
Conclusion: Based on these results, the school refusal scale has good statistic characters and the 4-factor mentioned model has good construct validity and help clinicians to determine the symptoms and causes of school refusal behavior.
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• Investigating on the psychometric properties of the Persian version of School Refusal Assessment ScaleRevised: Parent Version (SRAS-R-P) SRAS-R-P has good statistic characters •
The four factors mentioned model have good construct validity and help clinicians using this tool to determine the symptom and causes of school refusal behavior.
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This study is an attempt to investigate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised: Parent Version (SRAS-R-P) in Urmia City school students. The sample were selected by multistage cluster sampling method after obtaining informed consent. First, the original versions of (SRAS-R-P) were translated into Persian and back-translated into English and then reviewed and revised. The scale was presented to the parents. The reliability of each factor was also calculated using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. The stability and reliability coefficients for SRAS-R-P was satisfactory. In general, this scale can be used in clinical settings and research studies.
Type of Study:
Research |
Subject:
Psychometric Received: 2018/12/8 | Accepted: 2020/01/14 | Published: 2020/04/1