Educational Psychology
Mahdi Dasta; omid shokri; shahla pakdaman; jalil fathabadi
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This study intended to construct and validate a wisdom questionnaire in Iran with regard to its dimensions, categories and components in the context. All above-20 Iranians comprised the population. Using random cluster sampling, 985 Iranians with different ethnic, gender, age and academic backgrounds ...
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This study intended to construct and validate a wisdom questionnaire in Iran with regard to its dimensions, categories and components in the context. All above-20 Iranians comprised the population. Using random cluster sampling, 985 Iranians with different ethnic, gender, age and academic backgrounds were selected. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that a 6 dimensional structure of wisdom fits the data. The dimensions were Causal Factors (cognitive skills and abilities, emotional intelligence, and personality characteristics), Core Category (existential integrity, harmony and equilibrium), Context Conditions (religiousness, spirituality, self-excellence, ethics, reflection, and challenging experiences), Intervening Conditions (environmental factors, official and unofficial education system, and family), Strategies (wise reasoning, prosocial attitude and behaviors, wellbeing, consulting, guiding and leading others), and Consequences (human perfection and flourishing, common good and a more just world). Overall, wisdom can be defined as a unique, complex, and multifaceted feature encompassing dynamic integrity and balanced account of different components. To describe wisdom as being the best in all its dimensions makes it an unachievable-for-many ideal but if viewed as a continuum, then individuals’ wisdom can be seen as ranging from much/many to less/few of its dimensions. In fact, wisdom dimensions work in a synergic manner to promote it and its sum is greater than its parts.
Pegah Nejat; Javad Hatami
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Introduction: Moral judgment is one of the subjects studied in social cognition.Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) is a recent theory in moral psychology which has an intercultural and intuitive approach to moral beliefs of people around the world. The current study is concerned with examining psychometric ...
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Introduction: Moral judgment is one of the subjects studied in social cognition.Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) is a recent theory in moral psychology which has an intercultural and intuitive approach to moral beliefs of people around the world. The current study is concerned with examining psychometric properties of a Persian version of the questionnaire associated with this theory, and comparing findings with available reports from the original version as well as other cultures. Method: Data are provided by three studies on Iranian samples: Golkar (2016) and phases II and III of Nejat (2016), with 280, 314, and 180 participants respectively, who responded to Moral Foundations Questionnaire (MFQ-30). Calculations of Cronbach alphas, as well as exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted and comparisons were made between genders in reliance on foundations. Results: Cronbach alphas for care, fairness and loyalty were relatively low and generally lower than obedience and sanctity. Exploratory factor analysis has led to a three-factor solution in phase II of Nejat (2016), and two-factor solutions in Golkar (2016) and phase III of Nejat (2016). Fit of data to the correlated five-factor model was acceptable. Women scored higher than men in care, fairness, and sanctity. Conclusion: Psychometric properties of the Persian MFQ, though not perfect in some respects, were comparable to those reported by other cultures, and therefore seem to be mainly caused by the complex nature of morality itself. Observed gender differences were similar to international findings and thus supportive of the known-groups validity for this questionnaire.
Alireza Aghayoosefi; Hossein Zare; somaieh porbafrany
Volume 2, Issue 1 , August 2014, , Pages 52-68
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Introduction: the purpose of this research is the calculation primary reliability and validity personal fable and new imaginary audience scale to evaluate egocentrism among adults. Method: 308 students of payame noor university were sampled by sampling, volunteer They were asked to complete personal ...
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Introduction: the purpose of this research is the calculation primary reliability and validity personal fable and new imaginary audience scale to evaluate egocentrism among adults. Method: 308 students of payame noor university were sampled by sampling, volunteer They were asked to complete personal fable scale and new imaginary audience scale (1967) in order to evaluate egocentrism. Also, both Beck depression inventory form blend (1970) and zuckerman sensation seeking (1978) were used to determine concurrent validity. Achieved data was analyzed by Pierson's conjunction coefficient, cronbach’s Alpha, Guttmann split-half, and factorial analysis. Findings: Analyzing data indicated that there is correlation, indirect and meaningful between personal fable scale with depression (p’s Alpha 0/78 and the reliability of imaginary audience is achieved by cronbach’s Alpha 0/86 and the reliability of imaginary audience is achieved by Guttmann split-half 0/75, and then, by factorial analysis to personal fable scale was extracted 3 factors and to imaginary audience was extracted 11 factors. Conclusion: calculation primary personal fable scales and new imaginary audience are as reliability and validate tools/means in order to evaluate egocentrism among adults.
Hossin Zare; Ahmad Alipur; Ali Mostafaie
Volume 3, Issue 1 , July 2014, , Pages 45-56
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Introduction: The purpose of this study Standardization and Normalization Memory Scale Retrospective memory - prospective Crawford et al (2003) For students Fits Retrospective memory - prospective In Iranian culture. Method: The tool used to determine the size and amount Retrospective memory - prospective ...
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Introduction: The purpose of this study Standardization and Normalization Memory Scale Retrospective memory - prospective Crawford et al (2003) For students Fits Retrospective memory - prospective In Iranian culture. Method: The tool used to determine the size and amount Retrospective memory - prospective Made by Crawford et al (2003). Content validity of the by Psychology faculty approval and On a random sample of 382 students Implementation Payam Noor University of Urmia. Questions with appropriate statistical methods to analyze Amount validity and reliability, cut off point and Norm scores were determined. Results: The test results Kolmogorov - Smirnov The assumption of normality of the data by Retrospective memory – prospective Equal to 0/703 the Level (P 0/05) Not significant, Therefore we can say that The data obtained from the questionnaires distributed, Its distribution among the normal population. In addition, Test the Kaiser - Meyer – Avlkyn equivalent 0/77 and Bartlett test 1632/835 That level error, Smaller than for 0/01 Was significant.the amount Cronbach's alpha for whole questionnaire equivalent 0/83. Conclusion: Test results show the high reliability.
