Standardization and Study of Some Psychometric Properties of the Washington University Sentence Completion Test (Long-form) among the Iranian Students

  • سال انتشار: 1400
  • محل انتشار: فصلنامه فیزیولوژی عصبی روانشناسی، دوره: 8، شماره: 3
  • کد COI اختصاصی: JR_AJNPP-8-3_002
  • زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
  • تعداد مشاهده: 245
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نویسندگان

Mahmood Dehghani

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran university of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

Hadi Ghazanfari Zarnagh

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Behavioral Disorders and Substance Abuse Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Science, Hamadan, Iran

Ali Vafaee

Clinical Psychology, Tehran, Iran

Leila Ghiaee

Clinical Psychology, Tehran, Iran

چکیده

Introduction and Objectives: The Washington University Sentence Completion Test (WUSCT) is one of the tools used to assess personality. Personality assessment helps to make decisions, diagnose, and choose the right treatments. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the standardization of some psychometric properties of the WUSCT among Iranian students. Materials and Methods: The statistical population of this descriptive survey study included ۲۸۷ medical students who were studying in Tehran, Iran, in the academic year ۲۰۱۵. Internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and inter-rater agreement were used to assess the reliability; moreover, the convergent validity was utilized to evaluate the construct validity of the WUSCT. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS software (version ۲۱). Results: The results of the present study indicated that the acceptable internal consistency of the WUSCT  (P< ۰.۰۰۱). Furthermore, the test re-test reliability of the WUSCT was determined at ۰.۸۶ (P< ۰.۰۰۱). The correlation between the total scores of the two examiners was obtained at ۰.۸۸ (P < ۰.۰۰۱).  Moreover, the results of the convergent validity indicated the strongest correlation between ego development and ego strength (P< ۰.۰۰۱). Conclusion: The results of the present study indicated that the WUSCT had the appropriate and acceptable validity and reliability in Iranian society. Accordingly, this test can be an appropriate tool for measuring personality.

کلیدواژه ها

Reliability, Validity, Washington university sentence completion Test

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