Validity and Reliability of the Iranian Version of the Short Form Social Well Being Scale in a General Urban Population
Background: We aimed to investigate the reliability and validity of the Iranian version of the short form social well-being scale. Methods: After linguistic validation, the Iranian version of social well-being scale was completed by 715 participants, aged ≥ 18 yr between Jan and Sep 2015. Concur...
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doaj-cd5aa216080b4244a1a336a203858ab52021-01-02T15:39:03ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Public Health2251-60852251-60932019-07-0148810.18502/ijph.v48i8.2988Validity and Reliability of the Iranian Version of the Short Form Social Well Being Scale in a General Urban PopulationZeinab SHAYEGHIAN0Parisa AMIRI1Golnaz VAHEDI-NOTASH2Mehrdad KARIMI3Fereidoun AZIZI4Research Center for Social Determinants of Health, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranResearch Center for Social Determinants of Health, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranResearch Center for Social Determinants of Health, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranResearch Center for Social Determinants of Health, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranEndocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Background: We aimed to investigate the reliability and validity of the Iranian version of the short form social well-being scale. Methods: After linguistic validation, the Iranian version of social well-being scale was completed by 715 participants, aged ≥ 18 yr between Jan and Sep 2015. Concurrent validity was examined by calculating the Pearson’s correlation coefficient between the dimensions of social well-being and social support. Internal consistency, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, confirmatory and explanatory factor analyses were also examined. Results: The internal consistency as measured by Cronbach’s alpha coefficients was 0.72 for total score. No ceiling and floor effect was found in total score or any of the subscales. The concurrent correlation coefficients between social well-being and social support ranged from good to excellent agreement. Exploratory factor analysis supported mainly comparable results with the original US English dialect version. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis for 5-factor models indicated acceptable fit for the proposed research models. Conclusion: The findings support the initial reliability and validity of the Iranian version of the social well-being scale in the research and community settings in Iran. https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/17819Psychometric propertiesSocial well-beingValidityReliabilityIran |
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Zeinab SHAYEGHIAN Parisa AMIRI Golnaz VAHEDI-NOTASH Mehrdad KARIMI Fereidoun AZIZI Validity and Reliability of the Iranian Version of the Short Form Social Well Being Scale in a General Urban Population Iranian Journal of Public Health Psychometric properties Social well-being Validity Reliability Iran |
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Zeinab SHAYEGHIAN Parisa AMIRI Golnaz VAHEDI-NOTASH Mehrdad KARIMI Fereidoun AZIZI |
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Validity and Reliability of the Iranian Version of the Short Form Social Well Being Scale in a General Urban Population |
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Validity and Reliability of the Iranian Version of the Short Form Social Well Being Scale in a General Urban Population |
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Validity and Reliability of the Iranian Version of the Short Form Social Well Being Scale in a General Urban Population |
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Validity and Reliability of the Iranian Version of the Short Form Social Well Being Scale in a General Urban Population |
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Validity and Reliability of the Iranian Version of the Short Form Social Well Being Scale in a General Urban Population |
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validity and reliability of the iranian version of the short form social well being scale in a general urban population |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences |
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Iranian Journal of Public Health |
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Background: We aimed to investigate the reliability and validity of the Iranian version of the short form social well-being scale.
Methods: After linguistic validation, the Iranian version of social well-being scale was completed by 715 participants, aged ≥ 18 yr between Jan and Sep 2015. Concurrent validity was examined by calculating the Pearson’s correlation coefficient between the dimensions of social well-being and social support. Internal consistency, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, confirmatory and explanatory factor analyses were also examined.
Results: The internal consistency as measured by Cronbach’s alpha coefficients was 0.72 for total score. No ceiling and floor effect was found in total score or any of the subscales. The concurrent correlation coefficients between social well-being and social support ranged from good to excellent agreement. Exploratory factor analysis supported mainly comparable results with the original US English dialect version. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis for 5-factor models indicated acceptable fit for the proposed research models.
Conclusion: The findings support the initial reliability and validity of the Iranian version of the social well-being scale in the research and community settings in Iran.
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