Evaluation of psychometric properties of the Persian version of the predicaments questionnaire, exploring social attitudes to suicide

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Abstract

Background:

Due to the growing prevalence of suicide, assessing people's attitudes toward suicide is necessary. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Predicaments Questionnaire (PQ), measuring social attitudes toward suicide.

Methods

This psychometrics study evaluated face validity, content validity, temporal stability, internal consistency, and construct validity. First, the questionnaire was translated into Persian by the translate-back-translate method. The Persian version was provided to 10 experts in psychiatry for further revision. Two indicators, CVR and CVI, were calculated to evaluate the content validity. To check the face validity, we prepared a form and gave it to 10 people outside the campus to submit their opinions. Temporal stability was investigated by the test-retest method, reporting Intraclass correlation (ICC). Internal consistency was assessed by reporting Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's Omega coefficients. Construct validity was assessed using the confirmatory factor analysis to determine the number of dimensions of the questionnaire.

Results

A total of 151 students were enrolled with a mean age of 25 (SD = 0.32). The Persian PQ was valid in terms of content validity and face validity. Furthermore, it was reliable as Cronbach's alpha, McDonald's Omega, and the ICC were 0.94, 0.943, and 0.998, respectively. In addition, the confirmatory factor analysis yielded one dimension. Finally, after reviewing the experts' comments, the final amendments were made, and only question 29 was removed from the final version.

Conclusion

Consequently, the Persian version of the PQ is acceptable in terms of content validity, face validity, temporal stability, and internal consistency.

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Contributors

Ali Rafati: URI : http://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2042523/overview

Seyed Kazem Malakouti: URI : http://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2018661/overview

Mohammadreza Shalbafan: URI : http://loop.frontiersin.org/people/954865/overview

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Front Public Health

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Front Public Health

Journal ID (publisher-id): Front. Public Health

Title: Frontiers in Public Health

Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.

ISSN (Electronic): 2296-2565

Publication date (Electronic): 06 January 2023

Publication date Collection: 2022

Volume: 10

Electronic Location Identifier: 1061673

Affiliations

[1] ¹School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran

[2] ²Preventive Medicine and Public Health Research Centre, Psychosocial Health Research Institute (PHRI), Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran

[3] ³Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Institute of Psychiatry–School of Behavioural Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran

[4] ⁴Research Center for Addiction and Risky Behaviors (ReCARB), Psychosocial Health Research Institute (PHRI), Department of Epidemiology, Iran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran

[5] ⁵Mental Health Research Center, Psychosocial Health Research Institute (PHRI), Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran

Author notes

Edited by: Anila Mubashir, National University of Modern Languages, Pakistan

Reviewed by: Katalin Dr. Papp, University of Debrecen, Hungary; Robabeh Soleimani, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

*Correspondence: Mohammadreza Shalbafan ✉ Shalbafan.mr@ 123456iums.ac.ir

This article was submitted to Public Mental Health, a section of the journal Frontiers in Public Health

Article

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1061673

PMC ID: 9872659

PubMed ID: 36703832

SO-VID: 60010ca2-e69a-4f8d-be23-0b52dd3c3fb9

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History

Date received : 04 October 2022

Date accepted : 12 December 2022

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