Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran.
2 2- PhD student in Educational Psychology, Faculty of Islamic-Iranian Lifestyle, Psychology and Family Counseling, Islamic Revolution University, Tehran, Iran.
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The present study aimed to norm and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Psychosocial Perception Scale (PSP) in the Iranian population. The statistical population included all Iranian citizens over the age of 18 in the year 2024 (1403 SH), from which a sample of 2,422 individuals was selected using a random sampling method. The data collection tool was developed and standardized by Kanchan et al. (2021). Based on the translated version of the PSP scale, exploratory factor analysis was conducted using SPSS, and confirmatory factor analysis was performed using Smart-PLS. Content validity was confirmed through expert evaluation, and convergent validity was verified with a minimum composite reliability of 0.7 and an average variance extracted (AVE) of at least 0.5. Reliability was also confirmed, with a minimum of 0.7 for individual factors and 0.89 for the overall questionnaire. The results showed that the sampling adequacy value (KMO) was 0.91, which is acceptable at the 0.05 significance level. Additionally, the eigenvalues for four extracted factors were greater than or close to 1, accounting for 65.5% of the variance in psychosocial perception. The 14-item PSP scale includes four core components: personal perception, perception of others, emotional perception, and psychological perception. Both first-order and second-order factor analyses confirmed that the items appropriately represent the four-dimensional construct of psychosocial perception. In conclusion, the findings indicate that the Psychosocial Perception Scale developed by Kanchan et al. (2021) is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring the dimensions of psychosocial perception in Iran, and it can be effectively used to assess individuals' levels of psychosocial perception in the general population.
KEYWORDS: Psychosocial perception, validity, reliability
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