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Priliminary Version of Psychological Problems Scale- Teacher Form: Development and Psychometric Evaluation
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Saeed Akbari Zardkhaneh *   1, Ali-Mohammad Zanganeh2 , Nader Mansour Kiaee3 , Mojtaba Mahdavi4 , Maryam Alebuieh5 , Mohsen Jallalat-e-Danesh2 , Einollah Taymouri6 , Siyamak Tahmasebi Garmtani7 |
1- Department of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran
2- Preventive Department of Judicial System, Tehran, Iran
3- Faculty of Social Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
4- Faculty of Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
5- Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
6- Faculty of Human Sciences, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran
7- Department of Preschool Education, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Rehabilitation and Social Walfare Sciences, Tehran, Iran |
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Abstract: (3643 Views) |
Background and Purpose: Comprehensive screening for health is a major step in improving the delivery of services, so that school-based psychological services can focus on prevention, early intervention, and promotion, rather than treatment. The aim of present study was to develop a scale of mental health issues for children, based on DSM-5 model.
Method: The present study is descriptive in terms of data collection method. The statistical population of this study was composed of primary school teachers in Alborz, Kermanshah, Eastern Azerbaijan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Fars, and Khorasan Razavi. The sample included 219 teachers who were randomly selected.
Results: Item analysis showed that no items were omitted from the questionnaire. Factor analysis indicated that seven-factor structure with principal component analysis and equamax rotation which determine 40 percent of the variance, simplest and most appropriate structure for the data. In addition, all the subscale had good reliability which ranged between 0.67 (self-regulation) to 0.93 (academic achievement deficit).
Conclusion: In general, the results of this study indicate that considering the psychometric properties of the mental health scale of students in primary school, this tool can be used to study the students' behavioral and emotional problems in educational and clinical settings in Iranian population. |
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| Keywords: Student, psychological problem, mental health, elementary school, teacher, scale development |
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Type of Study: Applicable |
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Received: 2018/02/5 | Accepted: 2018/08/25 | Published: 2019/04/17
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