Factor analysis of the revised scale of prosocial tendencies among secondary school female students in Ahwaz, Iran

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the factor structure, validity, and reliability of the revised measure of prosocial tendencies among secondary school female students in Ahwaz. The statistical population included all secondary level of secondary school female students in Ahwaz during 2017-2018, about 200 of whom were selected by using a multi-stage random sampling method. Cronbach's alpha, Spearman-Brown and Gutman formula were used to calculate the reliability of the instrument and all results indicated good significant condition. Further, the confirmatory factor analysis was used to calculate the construct validity of the mentioned instrument. This instrument has significant factor loadings with favorable fit indices and could be applied in health school studies as x 2 = 232.09, DF= 170, P= 0.0001, x 2 /df = 1.37, AGFI=0.91, GFI= 0.88, LFI= 0.94, TLI= 0.93, CFI= 0.94, and RMSEA= 0.04. The instrument as the first Persian scale which measures prosocial tendencies within juveniles alike other foreign formats could be used in educational settings and colleges.

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