construct and standardize a questionnaire of delinquent behaviors

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Ali asghar abbasi asfajir ^{1 *} , mehrdad sabet ² , nasrin bagheri ³

1 - IAU_BABOL
2 - Iau-roudehen
3 - IAU-Roudehen

Received: 2022-08-22 Accepted : 2023-09-20 Published : 2025-09-20

Keywords: Construction, Normalization, Delinquency Behavior Questionnaire, Adolescents,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to construct and standardize a questionnaire of delinquent behaviors among all adolescents of secondary school in Mazandaran province. The present study attempts to introduce a prospective delinquency scale, demonstrating its usefulness and usefulness in a practical and empirical way. This study was a survey study using a questionnaire distributed among adolescents, girls and boys of second high school in Mazandaran province in the academic year of 1398-98.Sampling was done by classified method and the sample size was 742 persons. The validity of this scale was assessed using content validity, theoretical construct validity, and empirical construct validity, obtained through factor analysis. Reliability of the scale was also assessed using Cronbach's alpha. Factor analysis results using principal components method and varimax rotation and confirmatory factor analysis showed that the scale of delinquency consisted of four factors: school abuse, normalized cultural delinquent behaviors, ethical delinquent behaviors, new normalized delinquent behaviors, That explains about 58 percent of the total scale variance. Cronbach's alpha coefficients were estimated for the whole scale and its dimensions. The results showed that the scale of delinquency has the important advantage of taking into account patterned and consistent behaviors and that this scale is more appropriate for explaining delinquency as well as for providing empirical recommendations.