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Validity and reliability of the Sense of Coherence (SOC) questionnaire in university students
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Ali Alipour   , Nasim Sharif * |
| PhD student, School of Psychology, Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran, Iran , nasimsharif1982@yahoo.com |
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| Background and Aim: In recent years, the concept of sense of coherence (SOC) has helped our understanding about factors that influence health and disease it has also attracted attention as a health model. Remarkable applications of SOC in research and clinics indicate necessity of research on its psychometric properties. This study was run to assess the psychometric characteristics of the SOC (29 questions) in university students. Materials and Methods: This study aimed at investigating psychometric characteristics of the SOC questionnaire and assessing the correlation between variables thus, is a correlational study. For this purpose, 400 students (200 female, 200 male) were chosen using multistage sampling. After data collection, data were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha coefficients to assess questionnaire validity and reliability. Results: Factor analysis showed that this questionnaire has only one factor that explained 76.5% of the variance and all items are loaded in this factor thus, internal consistency of the SOC questionnaire was equal to α=0/.969. This indicates good reliability of this questionnaire. Conclusion: It seems that the 29-question SOC questionnaire has acceptable validity and reliability in Iranian students and can be used by researchers and specialists in the area of health psychology, behavioral medicine, mental health, preventive mental health and other fields . |
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| Keywords: Reproducibility of Results, Validity, Reliability, Sense of Coherence, Students |
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Type of Study: Original |
Subject:
Medicine
Received: 2017 | Accepted: 2017 | Published: 2017
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