Construction, validation and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of positive and negative image of God questionnaire based on Islamic sources

Document Type : Original Article

Author

PhD in Psychology, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute (RA)

Abstract

The purpose of the current research was to construct, validate and factor structure of the positive and negative image of God questionnaire and determine its psychometric properties. The research method was the content analysis method and the survey method by selecting 212 people from the statistical population of students by stratified random sampling. content validity, each item whose minimum CVR was 0.99 and CVI index was 0.79 was confirmed. validity of the construct using exploratory factor analysis method, principal components method, Varimax and higher eigenvalue of one use and confirmatory factor analysis with the help of SPSS26 and AMOS24 software were used. The findings indicate that two factors "positive image of God" (29.969) and "negative image of God" (21.197) were obtained, which in total (51.167) estimates the variance percentage of the entire questionnaire. The validity of positive image of God and negative image of God in Gutman's two-half method (0.779), (0.843), Spearman's coefficient (0.796), (0.852) and Cronbach's alpha coefficient value of positive image, respectively of God (0.835), and Cronbach's alpha coefficient of negative perception of God (0.914) was obtained. Therefore, the obtained results indicate the ability of questionnaire about to be used in research studies.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 11 December 2024
  • Receive Date: 15 November 2023
  • Revise Date: 06 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 19 July 2024