Analysis the Factor Structure of the Persian Version of the Emotion Attitude Scale among High School Students in Izeh City

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Phd Student in Assessment and measurement, Department of psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Saveh Branch, Saveh, Iran.

10.22098/ael.2022.1615

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The aim of this study was to investigate the factor structure of the Persian version of the Attitude Towards Emotions Scale among high school students in Izeh city in the autumn of 2019. The method of the present study was based on psychometric methods (factor analysis) and tools used in the Attitude Towards Emotions Scale Netzer et al. (2018). The statistical population was all high school students in Izeh and the statistical sample was 530 students who were selected by simple random sampling method. The data analysis method was factor structure analysis, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used for validation which is 0.83 Was obtained. The Findings showed that the factor structure obtained during the exploratory analysis had good fitness indicators (CFI, GFI, RFI, NFI, IFI) that was cover 10 factors in the form of two dimensions of attitude and evaluation of feelings of anger, pleasure, sadness, resentment and fear. The results showed that the Persian version of the scale has an acceptable factor structure and validity and is not affected by cultural changes and the perception of Iranian (Asian) students towards the attitude and evaluation of emotions is similar to European students.

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