Reliability and validity of the ''personal well-being index- cognitive disability'' on mentally retarded students.

Objective: Having a good quality of life has always been desirable for humans, and the concept of a good life and the ways of achieving it have become important over the years. Personal wellbeing is the mental component of quality of life. Thus, the current study was conducted to assess the reliabil...

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Main Authors: Alireza Agha Yousefi, Kambiz Mozaffari, Nasim Sharif, Mohammad Sepasi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2013-06-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/188
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author Alireza Agha Yousefi
Kambiz Mozaffari
Nasim Sharif
Mohammad Sepasi
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Kambiz Mozaffari
Nasim Sharif
Mohammad Sepasi
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description Objective: Having a good quality of life has always been desirable for humans, and the concept of a good life and the ways of achieving it have become important over the years. Personal wellbeing is the mental component of quality of life. Thus, the current study was conducted to assess the reliability and validity of the ‘‘Personal Well-Being Index- Cognitive Disability’’ on mentally retarded students. Method: 200 mentally retarded students in north districts of Tehran (districts 1, 2 and 3) were selected by systematic random sampling. The collected data using Personal Well-Being Index- Cognitive Disability was analyzed by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for internal consistency and linear multivariate regression for construct validity. Results: Results confirmed the reliability and validity for the Personal Well-Being Index- Cognitive Disability in mentally retarded students of exceptional schools. Studying the internal consistency of seven items showed that all the items were correlated with the total score and their scores averages were similar to each other. This indicates that the test’s questions have reliability with regard to evaluation of a common feature and results showed Personal Well-Being Index- Cognitive Disability had the most extensive coverage of construct validity . Conclusion: Personal Well-Being Index- Cognitive Disability scale could be applied to measure personal wellbeing in mentally retarded students.
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spelling doaj.art-65e0e5fd6dc041e4a45cf58b7051438d2022-12-21T19:31:43ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Psychiatry1735-45872008-22152013-06-0182Reliability and validity of the ''personal well-being index- cognitive disability'' on mentally retarded students.Alireza Agha Yousefi0Kambiz Mozaffari1Nasim Sharif2Mohammad Sepasi3Associate Professor of Psychology Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran, IranAssociate Professor of Surgical Pathology Laboratory,Tehran University of Medical Science. Tehran. IranPsychology specialist, Payam-e- Noor University, Tehran, IranCardiovascular Laboratory Shaheed Rajaie Hospital, Tehran. IranObjective: Having a good quality of life has always been desirable for humans, and the concept of a good life and the ways of achieving it have become important over the years. Personal wellbeing is the mental component of quality of life. Thus, the current study was conducted to assess the reliability and validity of the ‘‘Personal Well-Being Index- Cognitive Disability’’ on mentally retarded students. Method: 200 mentally retarded students in north districts of Tehran (districts 1, 2 and 3) were selected by systematic random sampling. The collected data using Personal Well-Being Index- Cognitive Disability was analyzed by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for internal consistency and linear multivariate regression for construct validity. Results: Results confirmed the reliability and validity for the Personal Well-Being Index- Cognitive Disability in mentally retarded students of exceptional schools. Studying the internal consistency of seven items showed that all the items were correlated with the total score and their scores averages were similar to each other. This indicates that the test’s questions have reliability with regard to evaluation of a common feature and results showed Personal Well-Being Index- Cognitive Disability had the most extensive coverage of construct validity . Conclusion: Personal Well-Being Index- Cognitive Disability scale could be applied to measure personal wellbeing in mentally retarded students.https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/188Cognitive DisabilityMentally retarded studentPersonal Well-beingReliabilityValidity
spellingShingle Alireza Agha Yousefi
Kambiz Mozaffari
Nasim Sharif
Mohammad Sepasi
Reliability and validity of the ''personal well-being index- cognitive disability'' on mentally retarded students.
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry
Cognitive Disability
Mentally retarded student
Personal Well-being
Reliability
Validity
title Reliability and validity of the ''personal well-being index- cognitive disability'' on mentally retarded students.
title_full Reliability and validity of the ''personal well-being index- cognitive disability'' on mentally retarded students.
title_fullStr Reliability and validity of the ''personal well-being index- cognitive disability'' on mentally retarded students.
title_full_unstemmed Reliability and validity of the ''personal well-being index- cognitive disability'' on mentally retarded students.
title_short Reliability and validity of the ''personal well-being index- cognitive disability'' on mentally retarded students.
title_sort reliability and validity of the personal well being index cognitive disability on mentally retarded students
topic Cognitive Disability
Mentally retarded student
Personal Well-being
Reliability
Validity
url https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/188
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