Evaluation of Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Social Motivation Questionnaire among Students

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1 Department of Psychology, Educational Science and psychology Faculty, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.

2 Department of Psychology, Educational Science and psychology Faculty, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran

3 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kurdistan University, Sanandaj, Iran.

Abstract

This research was conducted to investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the social motivation questionnaire. The current research is a descriptive-correlation type of study. The research community included all students of Farhangian, Amol, and Shamal universities who were studying in the academic year 2020-2021. From this community, 502 students responded to the social motivation questionnaire using the electronic sampling method. The data were used with statistical software (SPSS version 20) and (LISREL) version 8.80 to check the reliability and validity of the questionnaire, internal consistency coefficient, and face validity and confirmatory factor analysis. According to the purpose of the study, the sample size was randomly divided into two groups to perform statistical analysis. Exploratory factor analysis was done in the first half of the sample and confirmatory factor analysis was done in the second half of the sample. The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that 8 questions were loaded on 2 factors, and these 2 factors together explained 58% of the variance of the social motivation questionnaire. The fit indices of the model included CFI=0.98, NFI=0.96, NNFI=0.97, GFI=0.97, AGFI=0.94, and RMSEA=0.05 were at the optimal level. Also, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calcula-

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Journal of Applied Psychological Research

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Available Online from 12 February 2025

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  • Receive Date: 13 March 2023
  • Revise Date: 08 September 2023
  • Accept Date: 02 October 2023
  • First Publish Date: 12 February 2025
  • Publish Date: 12 February 2025

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