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Development and Psychometric Properties of Social Exclusion Questionnaire for Iranian Divorced Women



Zarei F1 ; Solhi M2 ; Merghatikhoei E3 ; Taghdisi MH2 ; Shojaeizadeh D2 ; Taket AR4 ; Masoomi R5 ; Nedjat S6
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  1. 1. Dept. of Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
  2. 2. Dept. of Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Iranian National Center of Addiction Studies (INCAS), Sexual and Family Health Division, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Center for Health Through Action on Social Exclusion, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
  5. 5. Dept. of Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Iranian Journal of Public Health Published:2017

Abstract

Background: Divorce, especially in women, could be assessed from socio-cultural perspective as well as psychological viewpoint. This assessment requires cultural adopted as well as valid and reliable questionnaire. This study aimed to develop and assess the psychometric properties of a questionnaire in order to address social consequences in Iranian divorced women. Methods: This was an exploratory mixed method study conducted during 2012 to 2014. According to the grounded theory approach in the first phase, social exclusion was extracted as a core of understanding process in participants. Based on, 47 preliminary generated items reliability and validity were assessed. In the second phase, the divorced women were recruited from a safe community center in Tehran through convenience sampling. Results: Exploratory factor analysis conducted on the questionnaires of 150 divorced women with mean age 41.76±8.49 yr, in that, indicated five dimensions, discriminative marital status, economic dependence on marital status, exclusionary marital status, and traumatic marital status health risks and, frightening marital status that jointly accounted for the 64% of the variance observed. An expert panel approved the face and content validity of the developed tool. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and the Intra-class Correlation Coefficient were found to be 0.70 and 0.85, respectively. Conclusion: The present study provided a valid and reliable measure as Social Exclusion Questionnaire in Iranian divorced women (SEQ-IDW) to address social post-divorce consequences, which might help to improve women’s social health. © 2017, Iranian Journal of Public Health. All rights reserved.
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