The Psychometric Characteristics of the Concept of God Questionnaire
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Research
Writers:
✍️ Raziyeh Nasirzadeh / PhD Student of Clinical Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University / raznasirzadeh@gmail.comm
Seyed kazem Rasoul Zade Tabatabaie / Associate Professor of Psychology Department, Tarbiat Modares University / rasoolza@modares.ac.ir
Abstract:
Considering the fact that the perception of the concept of God is one of the means of people's recognition of religious beliefs, this research seeks to conduct an initial examination of the psychometric characteristics of the questionnaire on the concept of God among students. The sample includes 502 students from shiraz Universities (including 281 female students and 221 male students) aged 18 to 35. They were chosen through random cluster sampling. Following the translation and initial preparation of the questionnaire about the concept of God, it was distributed among and completed by the subjects. For assessing the validity the study made use of a retest and Cronbach's Alpha. The validity of the retest and Alpha's amount of the whole questionnaire was 0/79 and 0/71 respectively. Also, both the construct validity and content validity of the questionnaire were obvious. In general, the results of this study shows that the questionnaire about the concept of God is reliable and can be used for evaluating religious beliefs and it is fitting to Iranian students.
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چکیده و کلیدواژه فارسی (Persian)
Title :بررسی ویژگی های روان سنجی پرسش نامه مفهوم خداوند
Abstract:
با توجه به آنکه ادراک مفهوم خداوند یکی از شیوه هایی است که برای شناسایی باورهای مذهبی افراد به کار گرفته می شود، این پژوهش با هدف بررسی مقدماتی ویژگی های روان سنجی پرسش نامه مفهوم خداوند در دانشجویان انجام گرفت. نمونه ای 502 نفره، (281 دختر و 221 پسر) 18 الی 35 سال دانشجویان دانشگاه های شیراز به شیوه خوشه ای تصادفی انتخاب شدند. پرسش نامه مفهوم خداوند گورسوچ، پس از ترجمه و آماده سازی مقدماتی، توسط آزمودنی ها تکمیل گردید. برای بررسی اعتبار، از بازآزمایی و آلفای کرونباخ استفاده گردید. اعتبار بازآزمایی و مقدار آلفا برای کل پرسش نامه به ترتیب برابر با 79/0 و 71/0 بود. روایی سازه و روایی محتوایی پرسش نامه نیز احراز گردید. در مجموع، نتایج حاصل از این بررسی نشانگر برخورداری پرسش نامه مفهوم خداوند از اعتبار و روایی مناسب برای سنجش باورهای مذهبی و کفایت این پرسش نامه برای استفاده در جمعیت دانشجویان ایرانی بود.
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Nasirzadeh , Raziyeh, Rasoul Zade Tabatabaie , Seyed kazem، ، . (2015) The Psychometric Characteristics of the Concept of God Questionnaire. Ravanshenasi Wa Din, 7(4), 55-66
Raziyeh Nasirzadeh ; Seyed kazem Rasoul Zade Tabatabaie ؛ ."The Psychometric Characteristics of the Concept of God Questionnaire". Ravanshenasi Wa Din, 7, 4, 2015, 55-66
Nasirzadeh , R, Rasoul Zade Tabatabaie , S، ، .(2015) 'The Psychometric Characteristics of the Concept of God Questionnaire', Ravanshenasi Wa Din, 7(4), pp. 55-66
