The Study of psychometric properties of Work-related Acceptance and Action Questionnaire in university’s staffs

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mohammad sadegh sarizadeh ¹ , Parviz Sabahi ² , Fatemeh Akbari ³

1 - Department of psychology, college of human science,Azadshahr Branch,Islamic Azad University,Azadshahr,Iran
2 - Department of Clinical Psychology, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.
3 - Department of Clinical Psychology, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.

Received: 2020-02-10 Accepted : 2020-08-13 Published : 2022-05-22

Keywords: Factor analysis, Staff, Psychological Flexibility, Semnan University,

Abstract :

AbstractProper evaluation of psychological flexibility in various tissues can be strongly correlated with the variables associated with that tissue. Therefore, aim of current study was the Study of psychometric properties of the Persian version of Work-related Acceptance and Action Questionnaire in the staff of Semnan University in 2018. The statistical population of the study was the included all employees of Semnan University in 2018. Based on the criteria for entering the study and with using multi-stage cluster sampling, 241 people were selected. The original questionnaire was translated from English to Persian by method of Backward-Forward. To evaluate the psychometric properties of the questionnaire, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis using SPSS and Lisrel softwares were used. The results of this study showed that this questionnaire, like the original version, is a one-factor questionnaire. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.871 for the whole questionnaire. Based on the results, it seems that Persian version of Work-related Acceptance and Action Questionnaire is the appropriate to evaluate the psychological flexibility in the job context.