The “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” Test: Investigation of Psychometric Properties and Test–Retest Reliability of the Persian Version

Abstract

The psychometric properties of the Persian "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" test were investigated, so were the predictions from the Empathizing-Systemizing theory of psychological sex differences. Adults aged 16-69 years old (N = 545, female = 51.7 %) completed the test online. The analysis of items showed them to be generally acceptable. Test-retest reliability, as measured by Intra-class correlation coefficient, was 0.735 with a 95 % CI of (0.514, 0.855). The percentage of agreement for each item in the test-retest was satisfactory and the mean difference between test-retest scores was -0.159 (SD = 3.42). However, the internal consistency of Persian version, calculated by Cronbach's alpha (0.371), was poor. Females scored significantly higher than males but academic degree and field of study had no significant effect.

Social and Emotional Intelligences: Empirical and Theoretical Relationship

“…The Persian version of the RMET translated and explored by Khorashad (2013) and Khorashad et al (2014) was consulted to translate the English RMET into Persian by employing schema theory (Khodadady, 2000a(Khodadady, , 2008a(Khodadady, , 2008bLagzian, 2013) and the guidelines offered for developing multiple choice item tests (e.g., Farhady, Jafarpoor, & Birjandi, 1994; Haladyna, 1994; Khodadady, 1999Khodadady, , 2000b. First, from the section dealing with word definitions, extraneous words not given as the keyed mental state or foils were removed to reduce the number of defined words from 93 to 74.…”

“…It is based on the assumption that people interact by identifying each others' mental states. According to BWHR&P, the theory is variously referred to as "mentalizing" (Morton, Frith & Leslie, 1991), "mind reading" (Whiten, 1991) K&N administered the Persian RMET validated by Khorashad et al (2014) with the cloze multiple choice item test (CMCIT) designed by Hale et al (1988) as a measure of English language proficiency to 181 undergraduate university students of ELL and Theology and obtained a significant correlation between the two (r = .27, p<.01), indicating that there is a positive relationship between social intelligence and English language proficiency. No study has, however, explored the relationship between social intelligence as measured by the RMET and emotional intelligence as measured by the EQS so far.…”

“…The Persian version of 36-item Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) validated by Khorashad et al (2014) was revised and administered in this study. Along with the test, a word definition handout was given to test takers to look up whatever words used in the four alternatives of the test if they did not know their meanings.…”

“…K&N employed the Persian version of the RMET translated by Khorashad (2013) and Khorashad et al (2014). Instead of 93 words, it contained 25 in its word definition section.…”

The Effect of Group Training on Theory of Mind of Male Clients of Bahar Outpatient Addiction Treatment Center

“…Researchers reported an acceptable validity and good stability for RMET. Khorashad, BaronCohen, Roshan et al [23] and Prevost, Carrier, Chowne et al [24], for examples, reported a good validity for the test in samples from different countries.…”