Examining factor structure and psychometric properties of a questionnaire measuring dogmatism in university students: a preliminary study | ||
| فصلنامه اندازه گیری تربیتی | ||
| Volume 12, Issue 46, January 2022, Pages 145-171 PDF (693.05 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.22054/jem.2022.55756.2087 | ||
| Authors | ||
| marziyeh hamzehzadeh* 1; vahid meshki2; Shahriar Shahidi3; Rouhollah Mansouri Sepehr1 | ||
| 1Ph.D. of Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran | ||
| 2M.A. of clinical psychology, Allameh Tabataba’I University, Tehran, Iran | ||
| 3Associate professor, Psychology Dept., Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Due to the impact of dogmatism on many areas of individual and social life, much research is done focusing on this cognitive construct. However, since that there is no instrument in Iran for assessing Dogmatism, the aim of this study is to prepare Rokeach’s Dogmatism questionnaire and investigate its reliability and validity in Iranian students. Finally, 412 students were selected using multi-stage stratified sampling from Shahid Beheshti University students and completed the Persian version of Rokeach’s Dogmatism Questionnaire along with the Conservative thinking style subscale of Sternberg’s thinking styles Inventory. Data were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis by principal component analysis. Analysis showed that the questionnaire is composed of 12 factors having values above 1, which altogether explain 56 percent of its variance. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.75 for whole questionnaire and its correlation with the Conservative thinking style subscale was significantly positive. The results of the present study indicate that this questionnaire is relatively suitable for implementation in the Iranian student community. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Dogmatism; thinking style; Factor structure; reliability; validity | ||
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