Social Psychology
Mohammad Jafarpour Lavasani; Navazesh Marandizadeh Shirvan; Seyed Mahdi Mousavian; Farzin Bagheri Sheykhangafshe; Hojatollah Farahani
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Introduction: Psychopathy is a multidimensional personality disorder that has attracted a lot of attention in the clinical fields. In this research, the validity of the Persian version of the Long Form of Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory (YPI) and the evaluation of its psychometric indicators are ...
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Introduction: Psychopathy is a multidimensional personality disorder that has attracted a lot of attention in the clinical fields. In this research, the validity of the Persian version of the Long Form of Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory (YPI) and the evaluation of its psychometric indicators are considered.Method: The method was descriptive-analytical and exploratory. The sample consisted of 557 male youths living in Tehran and Golestan provinces in the academic year of 2021-2022, who were selected by available sampling method and completed Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory and Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy (QCAE). The psychometric properties were analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis, divergent validity, Pearson's correlation and Cronbach's alpha coefficient.Findings: The results of the confirmatory factor analysis indicated the existence of three interpersonal, affective and behavioral factors and indicated the good fit of the obtained model (p<0/001). The significant correlation between the Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy and the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory confirms the divergent validity of this tool (p<0/01). The validity of the scale was found to be acceptable by calculating the Cronbach's alpha coefficient and the composite reliability of the factors. The reliability results of this tool through the retest method showed a high correlation between the two implementations (p<0/01).Conclusion: In general, the Persian version of the Long Form of Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory (YPI) and its three-factor structure were confirmed, and it can be used in psychological researches with appropriate validity and reliability.
Reza Shabahang; Mohammad Ali Besharat; Benyamin Mokhtari Chirani; Sajjad Rezaei; mansooreh nikoogoftar; Farzin Bagheri Sheykhangafshe
Volume 8, Issue 32 , April 2019, , Pages 17-44
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Objective: The present study aimed to investigate psychometric attributes of the Experience of Parasocial Interaction Scale in Iranian students sample. Method: The research design was descriptive and validation study. The statistical population of the study consisted of students from the faculty of literature ...
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Objective: The present study aimed to investigate psychometric attributes of the Experience of Parasocial Interaction Scale in Iranian students sample. Method: The research design was descriptive and validation study. The statistical population of the study consisted of students from the faculty of literature and humanities of the University of Guilan in 1397 (N=4114). Among them, 240 female and male students were selected by available sampling method. In order to evaluate the Iranian version of experience of parasocial interaction scale and related video message (Hartmann & Goldhoorn, 2011), measures for evaluating addressing, perceived attractiveness, perceived trustworthiness, perceived expertise, perspective-taking, enjoyment and commitment to the norms were used. Data were processed by SPSS24 software using Pearson correlation coefficient, exploratory factor analysis and univariate analysis of variance and multiple regression analysis. Results: Exploratory factor analysis revealed that extracted factor explaining 56.53 of EPSI variance. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated to be 0.84. Correlation coefficient of EPSI with other measures was got ranging from 0.13 to 0.53 (p Conclusion: Considering appropriate psychometric attributes of the Iranian version of experience of parasocial interaction, the present scale can be used in studies of parasocial interaction with media and related studies of parasocial bonds.