the present study aimed at validating the structure of career decision-making difficulties questionnaire (cddq).five hundred and eleven undergraduate students took part in this research; from these participants, 63 males and 200 females took part in the first study, and 63 males and 185 females completed the survey for the second study.the results of exploratory factor analysis (efa) indicated ...

The employability of students is an essential factor that every school must consider. This study aims to test the validity and reliability scale construct, determine contribution each aspect indicator in reflecting variables, whether theoretical model fits with empirical data. Employability measured by four aspects, namely skills, knowledge, understanding, personality attributes. subjects this ...

Purpose: The present study investigated the psychometric properties of a Persian version self- reassurance/ self-criticism Inventory in the male and female teachers. Materials & Methods:  This study was of a validation type. The participants were 444 teachers selected through a multistage-cluster random sampling among the teachers in high school second period in the city of Bojnord of the ...

need for cognition scale (ncs) is an instrument for assessing individual’s interest to engage in complex thinking activities and consists both long and short forms. the short form of this scale with 18 items has been used in various researches around the world. the objective of this research was to obtain the factor structure of the persian version of ncs (short form) and study of gender differ...

background: several instruments have so far been developed in english language to measure the level of work-family conflict and further validation is required for non-english speakers. objective: to test factorial structure and construct validity of the persian version of work-family conflict scale among iranian nurse. methods: this study was conducted among 456 iranian nurses working at public...

The consequences of advocacy in nursing are critical when caring for a potential organ donor. No specific instrument has been available to measure attitudes toward organ donor advocacy. The aim of this study was to develop and psychometrically evaluate an instrument for measuring intensive and critical care (ICU) nurses' attitudes toward organ donor advocacy. The study was conducted in two stag...

Currently little is known about the ways consumers perceive the issues and threats facing the agricultural sector. Understanding of the sector among the general community is important for its continued economic, social and environmental sustainability. Therefore we conducted an on-line survey among 1026 respondents drawn from each State and Territory in Australia. Initial examination of the res...