Validity and Reliability of Persian Version of Metapersonal self

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ph.D. student in Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Introductoin: People go beyond the meta personal self-construal dimensions to find the meaning of life and self-definition, the sense of identity in these people goes beyond self-focus and includes a sense of connection with all beings. In order to study the cognitive, motivational, emotional, and behavioral effects of this dimension of self-interpretation, it is necessary to have a tool that has acceptable validity and credibility. The aim of the present study is to validate and validate the Persian version of the meta-personal scale (MPS) and to examine its psychometric properties.
Method: The sample of the present study included 200 students studying in the academic year 2020-2021 at the University of Tehran and Shahid Beheshti and was selected using the available sampling method. The Persian version of the Metapersonal self-scale (MPS) was prepared after the translation process and was administered along with the interpersonal reactivity index questionnaires and the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale. In this study, to evaluate the validity of the scale, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, concurrent validity, and divergent validity were used. Correlations between the meta personal scale scores and Interpersonal Reactivity Index and DASS-21 scale were used to assess concurrent and divergent validity respectively. The reliability of the Persian version of the Metapersonal scale was assessed via Cronbach’s alphas and ordinal theta.
Results: The results of confirmatory factor analysis confirm the one-factor structure in the Iranian sample and indicate the good fit and desirability of the one-factor model (χ2⁄df= 2.607, GFI= 0.917, RMSEA= 0.069, SRMR= 0.053). Significant correlations between the transpersonal self-scale with the interpersonal reactivity index scales and the depression, anxiety, and stress scales also confirm the convergent and divergent validity of the transpersonal self-scale (p <0.05). The validity of the scale was obtained by calculating the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the whole scale 0.86 and the sequential theta of the whole scale equal to 0.84.
Discussion and Conclusion: In general, the results of this study indicated that the Persian version of the meta personal scale is unidimensional, which has appropriate reliability and validity for application in psychological studies conducted for Iranian samples.

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Clinical Psychology and Personality
Volume 19, Issue 2 - Serial Number 37
February 2022
Pages 139-150

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