Creating and Validating the Adjustment Inventory for the Students of Islamic Azad University of Ahvaz

Homa Choheili; Reza Pasha; Gholam Hossein Maktabi; Ehsan Moheb

doi:10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93121

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Creating and Validating the Adjustment Inventory for the Students of Islamic Azad University of Ahvaz

Authors:

Homa Choheili | Reza Pasha | Gholam Hossein Maktabi | Ehsan Moheb

Publisher:

medi+WORLD International

Main Topics:

Education

Journal:

World Family Medicine Journal: Incorporating the Middle East Journal of Family Medicine 2017 Vol.15 Issue 9, pp.181-186

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2017

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

111004

Frequency:

Monthly

eISSN:

18390196

pISSN:

18390188

DOI:

10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93121

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Abstract:

 This study was conducted in order to create and validate the adjustment inventory. The sample consisted of 1005 students of Islamic Azad University of Ahvaz who were selected using the multi-stage random sampling method. The adjustment inventory consisting of 100 items was employed to measure their adjustment. Each item was scored on the five-point Likert scale from Not fully used to Fully used. After data collection, the correlation between each item and the total score was determined. The coefficients for 11 items were weak and statistically insignificant. The Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient for the 100-item set was 0.758 and after eliminating 11 items for a set of 89 questions, it was 0.76. Factor analysis was conducted in order to verify the construct validity of the inventory; the KMO value was 0.915 and the significant Bartlett’s sphere test indicated that there were suitable conditions for conducting factor analysis. After eliminating the inappropriate questions with a factor load of less than 0.3, using the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and varimax rotation, with respect to the factor matrix, gradient diagram and the percentage of explained variance, four factors were extracted from a set of 90 items, explaining 44.87% of the total variance among the variables. The first factor with 29 items and the special value of 16.63 covers about 55.17% of the total variance of the variables and is an indicator of health adjustment;the second factor with 20 items indicates academic adjustment, the third factor with 21 items, shows the family adjustment and the fourth factor with 11 items measures the emotional adjustment and the fifth factor with eight items indicates the social adjustment.

Article Details

Creating and Validating the Adjustment Inventory for the Students of Islamic Azad University of Ahvaz

Authors:

Homa Choheili | Reza Pasha | Gholam Hossein Maktabi | Ehsan Moheb

Publisher:

medi+WORLD International

Main Topics:

Education

Journal:

World Family Medicine Journal: Incorporating the Middle East Journal of Family Medicine 2017 Vol.15 Issue 9, pp.181-186

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2017

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

111004

Frequency:

Monthly

eISSN:

18390196

pISSN:

18390188

DOI:

10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93121

Descriptors:

ADAPTATION

INVENTORIES

COLLEGE STUDENTS

UNIVERSITIES

IRAN

Adjustment

Validity

Inventory

Narration

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Homa Choheili | Reza Pasha | Gholam Hossein Maktabi | Ehsan Moheb

Publisher: medi+WORLD International

Main Topics: Education

Journal: World Family Medicine Journal: Incorporating the Middle East Journal of Family Medicine 2017 Vol.15 Issue 9, pp.181-186

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 11/2017

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 111004

Frequency: Monthly

eISSN: 18390196

pISSN: 18390188

DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93121

Descriptors:

Issues

Authors:

Homa Choheili | Reza Pasha | Gholam Hossein Maktabi | Ehsan Moheb

Publisher:

medi+WORLD International

Main Topics:

Education

Journal:

World Family Medicine Journal: Incorporating the Middle East Journal of Family Medicine 2017 Vol.15 Issue 9, pp.181-186

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2017

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

111004

Frequency:

Monthly

eISSN:

18390196

pISSN:

18390188

DOI:

10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93121