Design and validation of pessimism questionnaire in married people

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate professor, Department of psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and psychology. University of Mohaghegh Ardabili. Ardabil, Iran

2 Master Student Educational research Educational and Psychology Mohaghegh Ardabili Ardabil Iran

3 Master degree Psychology and Counseling Educational and Psychology Mohaghegh Ardabili Ardabil Iran

10.22098/jfrs.2023.13126.1129

Abstract

The present study was the aim of designing and validating pessimism questionnaire in Couples. The research method was mixed research method . In order to code the interview texts, for theme analysis method was used maxqda2018 software, and Cronbach's alpha method, construct validity (convergence and divergence) and partial least squares were used in SPSS and SmartPLS software to analyze the data from the researcher-made questionnaire. The results indicated that the reliability and validity of the structure (convergence and divergence) were confirmed at an excellent level and then the confirmatory factor analysis models were confirmed both in the mode of standard coefficients and in the mode of absolute significance (p<0/05). Based on the results of this research, it is suggested that due to the innovative of this questionnaire, this questionnaire should be administered to couples before marriage in counseling centers and psychotherapy under the supervision of experienced professors with university experience and couples with pessimism problems before starting life. The joint should be examined and treated during effective protocols in order to prevent the problems caused by pessimism, which sometimes leads to the disintegration of the joint life if it is aggravated.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 06 August 2023
  • Receive Date: 13 June 2023
  • Revise Date: 02 August 2023
  • Accept Date: 06 August 2023