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Psychometric Properties and Factor Structure of Body Awareness Questionnaire

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Taherifar, Zahra, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Tehran, DehghaniArani, Fateme, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Tehran, Mootabi, Fereshteh, Assistant Professor, Family Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Fata, Ladan, Assistant Professor, Iran University of Medical Sciences +2 more·2019·Biannual Journal of Contemporary Psychology
DOI 10.29252/bjcp.14.1.69
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Recently, a construct called "body awareness" has been defined in the field of health, which means focusing on and awareness of internal physical senses.Body awareness is known as a two facet construct that can have adaptive and maladaptive dimension.Despite the importance of such construct in the mental health, the psychometric properties of questionnaire that assess body awareness, have not been investigated in Iran.In this regard, the purpose of the present study was assessing psychometric properties of Persian version of body awareness Questionnaire (Shields, Mallory and Simon, 1989).Data were collected after translating into Persian and translating the modified Persian text into the original language.The body awareness questionnaire was distributed between 238 students of university of Tehran.Data was analyzed using, Pearson`s correlation, Cronbach's alpha and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.Cronbach's alpha coefficient of body awareness questionnaire was 0.88.Convergent validity was assessed using the subscales of Experience Questionnaire (decentering subscale) and Pennsylvania State Worry Questionnaire was used to assess divergent validity.Correlation coefficient (r=0.3) and non-significant correlation coefficient (r=0.02) were obtained.In exploratory factor analysis of this questionnaire, 4 factors were obtained and the confirmatory factor analysis was conducted for such 4 factors model.and this 4-factor model fitted well (RMSEA = 0.06; Chi-square/ df= 2.15).This study provides promising evidence of the psychometric properties of the Physical Awareness Questionnaire in the nonclinical student population.

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  • The Iranian version of the DASS-21 has acceptable internal consistency for depression (a = 0.85), anxiety (a = 0.83), and stress (a = 0.81).

    “An Iranian study conducted by Taherifar et al. (2019) showed acceptable internal consistency for depression (a = 0.85), anxiety (a = 0.83), and stress (a = 0.81) (Asghari et al., 2008).”

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    The Abstract reports Cronbach’s alpha of 0.88 for the Persian Body Awareness Questionnaire, not for the DASS-21. Searches of our copy for DASS-21, the three reported coefficients, and Asghari (2008) found no passage addressing the claimed depression, anxiety, and stress reliabilities. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Taherifar, Z., Assistant Professor, D. O. P., DehghaniArani, F., Assistant Professor, D. O. P., Mootabi, F., Assistant Professor, F. R. I., Fata, L., Assistant Professor, I. U. O. M. S., AghababaeiNajar, Z., & B. S. in Psychology of Exceptional Children, S. B. U.
Affiliations
  • University of Tehran (IR)
  • Shahid Beheshti University (IR)
  • Iran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Corresponding author
Taherifar, Zahra
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Biannual Journal of Contemporary Psychology
Publisher
Armenian Green Publishing Co.
Published
2019-08-01
Volume
14
Issue
1
Pages
69-78
ISSN
2008-1243 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.29252/bjcp.14.1.69
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W3008317919
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9
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0.39
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Language
fa
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cc-by-nc
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Keywords
body awareness, Persian translation, psychometric properties, factor structure, convergent validity, discriminant validity, university students, decentering, worry

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