Validation of the Adult Domain-Specific Hope Scale in Iranian Postgraduate Students
| Author | Mohsen Ahmadi-Tahoursoltani | en |
| Author | Reza Karaminia | en |
| Author | Hassan Ahadi | en |
| Author | Ali Reza Moradi | en |
| Issued Date | 2012-11-30 | en |
| Abstract | Background : The aim of the present study was to investigate psychometric properties and the Standardization of Simpson’s Hope Scale (1999) in Iranian university students.Materials and Methods : In this descriptive-survey research, 1000 students with age range of 18 to 34 and with the mean age of 23.9±5.13 were selected via the categorical cluster sampling method from different universities. Then they answered the Snyder’s Hope Scale, Oxford Happiness Scale, the Ahwaz Hardiness Scale, the Beck Hopelessness Inventory, Riff’s Psychological Well-being Scale, as well as Sympson’s (1999) Hope Scale (with little change).Results : Coefficients of Cronbach’s alpha (0.94), split-half (0.85), convergent validity with Hardiness (0.40), Happiness (0.64), Psychological Well-being scales (0.47), divergent validity (Beck Hopelessness, -0.25) criterion validity (Snyder’s Hope 0.55) were calculated, which were significant at p | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/ | en |
| Keyword | Hope | en |
| Keyword | Standardization | en |
| Keyword | Reliability | en |
| Keyword | Validity | en |
| Keyword | Exploratory Factor Analysis | en |
| Keyword | Confirmatory Factor Analysis | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Validation of the Adult Domain-Specific Hope Scale in Iranian Postgraduate Students | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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