investigating the reliability and validity of the cognitive flexibility inventory (cfi-i) among iranian university students

نویسندگان

hossein shareh department of psychology, hakim sabzevari university, sabzevar, khorasan-e shomali, iran.

azam farmani tehran payame noor university, tehran, iran

esmail soltani shahid beheshti university of medical sciences

چکیده

objective: the purpose of the present study was to inspect the validity and reliability of the iranian version of the cognitive flexibility inventory (cfi-i). methods: the statistical population of the present study was selected among the university students studying at shiraz university in the 2010-2011 academic year. two hundred and seventy seven of the university students were recruited via cluster sampling method. the participants answered the cognitive flexibility inventory (cfi-i), connor and davidson resilience scale (cd-risc), beck depression inventory second edition (bdi-ii) and billings and moos coping styles questionnaire (csq). results: to examine the validity of the cfi-i, factor analysis by principle component analysis method was run, the result of which yielded three factors namely, control, alternatives and alternatives for human behaviors that explained 56.02% of the variance. support for the convergent and discriminant validity of the cfi-i was obtained by its correlations with the measures of depression, coping strategies, and resilience. evidence for the internal consistency of the cfi was obtained by calculating correlations between the cfi-i and its subscales. also, the cronbach’s alpha and test-retest coefficients for the cfi-i reliability were 0.90 and 0.71, respectively. conclusion: it was concluded that the iranian version of the cfi has acceptable levels of validity and reliability among iranian university students and can be utilized in research investigations and therapeutic interventions.

برای دانلود باید عضویت طلایی داشته باشید

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

Investigating the Reliability and Validity of the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI-I) among Iranian University Students

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to inspect the validity and reliability of the Iranian version of the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI-I). Methods: The statistical population of the present study was selected among the university students studying at Shiraz University in the 2010-2011 academic year. Two hundred and seventy seven of the university students were recruited v...

متن کامل

the speech act of advice and the introvert/extrovert distinction among iranian efl university students

the aim of this study is to examine the difference between the introverts and extroverts in preferred advice-giving style. furthermore, it explores the difference between l1 (persian) and l2 (english) regarding the giving of advice for the extroverts and introverts separately. it investigates whether an extrovert or introvert gives advice in the same manner in his l1 (persian) and l2 (english) ...

the effect of lexically based language teaching (lblt) on vocabulary learning among iranian pre-university students

هدف پژوهش حاضر بررسی تاثیر روش تدریس واژگانی (واژه-محور) بر یادگیری لغات در بین دانش آموزان دوره پیش دانشگاهی است. بدین منظور دو گروه از دانش آموزان دوره پیش دانشگاهی (شصت نفر) که در سال تحصیلی 1389 در شهرستان نور آباد استان لرستان مشغول به تحصیل بودند انتخاب شده و به صورت قراردادی گروه آزمایش و گواه در نظر گرفته شدند. در ابتدا به منظور اطمینان یافتن از میزان همگن بودن دو گروه از دانش واژگان، آ...

15 صفحه اول

the relationship among metacognitive listening strategies, foreign language classroom anxiety and listening comprehension among iranian efl university students.

نابس طلاک بازطضا اب یرادییش یتخایشازف یاَدزبَار ی ٍطبار یسرزب شَیضپ هیا فدَ ٌدافتسا هتفزگ زظو رد اب تیسیج .تسا یوازیا ناسًمآ نابس نایمرد یرادییش کردی ٍجراخ زمو ی زکذم ی ثوًم دازفا رد یرادییش یتخایشازف یاَدزبَار نآ ٍجراخ نابس طلاک بازطضا ی ٌ .تسا ٌدش عقای یسرزب درًم اَ 11 ٌاگشواد ی داسآ ٌاگشواد رد لیصحت ٍب لًغشم یًجشواد ناگدییک تکزش .دودزک تکزش شَیضپ هیا رد نامزک زیَاب دیُش مراُچ ی مًس لاس نایًجشواد ٍمجزت یاَ ٍتشر رد ...

15 صفحه اول

Validity and Reliability of the Persian Version of Cyber Pornography Use Inventory-9 Among Iranian Students

Background: This study aimed to examine the validity and reliability of the Persian version of cyber pornography use inventory-9 (CPUI-9) in the Iranian context.  Methods: The current research is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The study sample included 262 (190 male and 72 female) university students, who were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. The psychometric properties o...

متن کامل

the relationship between locus of control and iranian efl university students’ beliefs about language learning

this exploratory study aimed to investigate a possible relationship between learners’ beliefs about language learning and one of their personality traits; that is,locus of control (loc). both variables, beliefs and locus of control, are assumed to influence the language learning process. the internal control index (ici) and the beliefs about language learning inventory (balli) were administered...

منابع من

با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید


عنوان ژورنال:
practice in clinical psychology

جلد ۲، شماره ۱، صفحات ۴۳-۵۰

میزبانی شده توسط پلتفرم ابری doprax.com

copyright © 2015-2023