Development, Validation, and Standardization of the Rationality-Emotionality Test and Studying Its Relationship with Decision-Making in Maskan Bank Staff

Subject Areas : Educational

khosro Rashid ¹ , Fazlolah Hasanvand ² , Maedeh Ataei ³ , Ahmad Bayat ⁴

1 - Assistant Professor at Department of Psychology, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran.
2 - Psychology, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Psychology, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.
4 - Psychology, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.

Received: 2019-02-16 Accepted : 2019-05-20 Published : 2021-08-23

Keywords: rationality/emotionality, maskan bank staff, factor analysis, decision-making,

Abstract :

The aim of this research was to develop, validate, and standardize the Rationality-Emotionality Test and studying its relationship with decision-making ability in Maskan Bank staff. At first, a list of appropriate behaviors to measure the desired characteristics were prepared. After confirming the content validity, in order to aware and inhibit the probable problems, 50 people completed the questionnaire and highlighted unclear phrases and words. Then, some of the items were deleted or modified and the final test was prepared. 1024 persons of Maskan Bank staff answered Rationality-Emotionality Test and Decision-Making Scale. The data analyzed by Lisrel software, and descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation, and exploratory factor analysis were calculated. The findings showed that the developed test measures four factors called: personal control, affective impression, patience, and neuroticism. By Cronbach's alpha, the reliability of the whole test was 0.86 and for personal control, affective impression, patience, and neuroticism was 0.78, 0.69, 0.65 and 0.63 respectively. The mean and standard deviation of the test were 67.002 and 12.63 respectively. According to the reliability and validity, it can be said that the Rationality-Emotionality Test is an appropriate tool for measuring the level of rationality or emotionality of individuals.

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