Reliability and Validity of the “Personal Well-Being Index – Adult” in Mothers of Mentally Retarded Students in North of Tehran-Iran

Alireza Agha Yousefi; Ahmad Alipour; Nasim Sharif

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Reliability and Validity of the “Personal Well-Being Index – Adult” in Mothers of Mentally Retarded Students in North of Tehran-Iran

Author(s):

Alireza Agha Yousefi^1,*,

Ahmad Alipour²,

Nasim Sharif²

1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities,Payam-e- Noor University, Qom, Iran

2Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Payam-e- Noor University, Tehran, Iran

IJ Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences:Vol. 5, issue 2; 106-13

Published online:Dec 31, 2011

Article type:Research Article

Received:Oct 11, 2010

Accepted:Aug 10, 2011

How to Cite:Alireza Agha YousefiAhmad AlipourNasim SharifReliability and Validity of the “Personal Well-Being Index – Adult” in Mothers of Mentally Retarded Students in North of Tehran-Iran.Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci.5(2):106-13.

Abstract

Objective: Having a good quality of life has always been desirable for humans and the concept of a good life and the ways of achieving it have been focused over the years. Personal wellbeing is the mental component of quality of life. Thus, the current study was conducted to estimate psychometric characteristics of “personal wellbeing index-adult” (PWI-A) in mothers of mentally retarded students of exceptional schools in northern districts of Tehran.

Methods: From 358 mothers of mentally retarded students in north of Tehran (districts 1, 2 and 3), 200 mothers were selected by systematic random sampling. The collected data using PWI-A was analyzed by inferential statistics (Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for test reliability and linear multivariate regression for test validity).

Results: Results showed acceptable reliability and validity for PWI-A in mothers of mentally retarded students of exceptional schools in north districts of Tehran. The Correlation between seven items was significant (P<0.001) and this index had the most extensive coverage of construct validity.

Conclusion: This study showed that this scale could be applied to measure personal wellbeing in mothers of mentally retarded students.

Declaration of Interest: None.

Citation: Agha Yousefi AR, Alipour A, Sharif N. Reliability and validity of the “personal well-being indexadult” in mothers of mentally retarded students in north of Tehran-Iran. Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci 2011; 5(2): 106-13

Keywords

Mentally retarded student

Mothers

Personal Well-being

Reliability

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