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Psychometric Evaluation of the Persian Version of Religious Orientation Scale in Iranian Patients With Cancer Publisher Pubmed



Sharif Nia H1 ; She L2 ; Fomani FK3 ; Kaur H4 ; Sanchezteruel D5 ; Froelicher ES6 ; Kohestani D7
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  1. 1. Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
  2. 2. Faculty of Business and Law, Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
  3. 3. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia
  5. 5. Area of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment of the Department of Psychology of the University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
  6. 6. Professor Emeritus, Department of Physiological Nursing, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schools of Nursing and Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, 94143-0610, CA, United States
  7. 7. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

Source: Journal of Religion and Health Published:2021


Abstract

This paper reports on the psychometric properties of the Religious Orientation Scale (ROS) with a sample of 311 Iranian patients who were suffering from cancer between September and December 2020. A cross-sectional study design was used, and convenience sampling was employed. Reliability was evaluated by internal consistency Cronbach’s alpha, McDonald’s omega, and average inter-item correlation. The exploratory factor analysis showed that the ROS had 15 items and two factors (religious identity and personal identity) that explained 43.2% of the total variance of religious orientation in Iranian patients with cancer. Construct validity was assessed by means of confirmatory factor analysis. The internal consistency and composite reliability were acceptable. The results indicate that the ROS can produce reliable and valid data on religious orientation in a sample of Iranian patient with cancer. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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