Psychometric Properties and Confirmatory Structure of Islamic Spiritual Intelligence Scale in Students

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• zekrollah morovati ¹
• yosef fathi ²
• samaneh mohamadinodhi ³

¹ Assistant Professor Department of Psychology, University of Zanjan

² Assistant Professor Department of Education, University of Zanjan

³ MA General Psychology

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the psychometric properties and the confirmatory factor structure of Islamic Spiritual Intelligence Scale (ISI) Abdul Rahman & Shah (2015) in students of Zanjan University using a confirmatory factor analysis approach. The participants of this study were 197 Students University of Zanjan in the academic year 2015-2016 who were selected by multistage random sampling method. To Assessment the adequacy of the model of Chi Square Index (2χ), the chi-square of the degrees of freedom 2 χ / df)), fit index of the adaptive (CFI), root mean square residual standard (RMSEA) and the index of fitness relative (RFI) has been used . In order to investigate the construct validity of the Islamic Spiritual Intelligence Scale, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was used. The results of the analysis are three factors that explain %66.76 of the common variance. In addition Confirmatory factor analysis indicates that model fit the data is acceptable. Cronbach's alpha coefficient and split-half also indicates that the scale has good reliability.

Keywords

• Islamic spiritual intelligence scale
• confirmatory factor analysis
• exploratory
• the factor structure
• reliability and validity

20.1001.1.22285516.1396.8.30.10.1

Main Subjects

• Psychological Models and Methods

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