Measure the Wisdom of Adolescent high school Students in Isfahan

فصلنامه روانشناسی سلامت و رفتار اجتماعی

Article 4, Volume 2, Issue 1 - Serial Number 5, June 2022, Pages 35-55   

Document Type: Original Article

DOI: 10.30495/hpsbjourna.2022.1953161.1071

Authors

mohammad ali salmani ardani^{* 1}; mansure shahriari ahmadi²

¹PhD in Psychologyand Education of Exceptional Children, Department of Psychology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

²Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Strengthening wisdom along with intelligence is essential for students' spiritual and scientific progress. Accordingly, the behavioral indicators and the level of wisdom of students should be measured with a valid tool and appropriate to Islamic culture. The aim of this article assess the wisdom of adolescent students is written.This article is a part of development-applied research in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey type in terms of data collection method. The statistical population included all gifted and moderately intelligent students of the first year of high school in Isfahan in the academic year of 1997-98. Cluster random sampling method was used and 400 people were tested individually with a questionnaire to assess the level of wisdom of adolescent students.. Data were analyzed using Spss and AMOS software using correlation coefficient, heuristic and confirmatory factor analysis.

The results of the analysis showed that the mean index in the gifted group is higher than the normal group and gifted male and female students have a higher score in the Wise Behavioral Indices Questionnaire. Eight factors with eigenvalues higher than one were able to explain 71.494% of the variance of items. The results of the first-order confirmatory factor analysis showed that the model fit index is at a desirable level. The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated in terms of Cronbach's alpha coefficient 0.895.

The coordination between the factors with the total score is acceptable and the model fit index is at a desirable level, which indicates that the questionnaire is sufficient.

Keywords

Keywords: Adolescent students; Wisdom Questionnaire; Psychometric Properties; Wisdom

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