Investigation of Validation of the Persian version of the Disease Acceptance Scale among Women 18 Years and older During the Covid-19 Outbreak

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Zahra Naghsh ¹
• Mohammad Reza Yekta ²

¹ PhD in Educational Psychology, Assistant Professor, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

² Ph.D. Student of Counseling, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch, Counseling Department, Isfahan, Iran.

10.30495/jpmm.2022.29586.3554

Abstract

The aim of this study was to validate the Persian version of the Disease Acceptance Scale (PDAS) among women 18 years and older during the outbreak of Covid-19 in the autumn of 2021. The instrument used was a modified version of the Disease Acceptance Scale (Leung et al., 2021). Data analysis method Exploratory factor analysis; Confirmatory factor analysis; Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The results showed that the fitness indices in the factor structure obtained during the exploratory analysis had NFI, NNFI, GFI, CFI, IFI, RFI in the range of 0.9, which was approved at the RMSEA level. This article has confirmed the validity of the structure of the Persian version of the tool under study. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for each subscale as well as the total scale was higher than 0.7. Group factor analysis also showed that this scale is not affected by gender. Regarding the levels of disease acceptance, the findings showed that 48.8% have a low level of disease acceptance, 43.8% have a moderate level of disease acceptance and 7.5% have a good level of disease acceptance. Given that the validity of this tool has been confirmed, the use of this tool in family counseling centers, care centers for people with underlying diseases, patients with incurable diseases or people with special needs to measure the acceptance of the disease is recommended.

Keywords

• Validation
• Reliability
• Disease Acceptance
• Women

20.1001.1.22285516.1401.13.48.9.1

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