Validity & Reliability of Post-traumatic Growth Questionnaire in veterans by Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in the City of Saveh
Subject Areas :Atefeh Hosseinloo 1 , Hooman Namvar 2
1 - Young Researchers and Elite Club, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saveh, Iran
2 - Department of Psychology, college of human science, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saveh, Iran
Keywords: Validity, Reliability posttraumatic growth, veterans, PTSD,
Abstract :
The present research aims at Validity & Reliability of Post-traumatic Growth Questionnaire in veterans by Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in the City of Saveh. Due to restrictions & limitations regarding the population of injured devotees affected by Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in the City of Saveh, 300 individuals were chosen by the Census Method. Participants completed questionnaire of post-traumatic growth (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996). The questionnaire regarding Post-traumatic Growth Questionnaire Which Occurred to Devotees consists of 21 questions, in which two questions were omitted after Factor analysis using AMOS software, and the credit coefficient was estimated as 0.85 by using Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient. For validity of the agent, Factor analysis Method was applied. The findings of the study indicate that five factors have been extracted which demonstrate 79/53 percentage of total variance. These five factors include Personal strength, New possibilities, Relating to Others, Appreciation of life, Spiritual change. Validity & Reliability of Post-traumatic Growth Questionnaire Which Occurred to Devotees Affected by Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in the City of Saveh enjoys a proper validity for measuring responses of all individuals after the trauma.
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