Making and survey of psychometric features of lovemaking test in single students

Neda   Afsharian; Fariborz  Dortaj; Esmaeil   Saadipoor; Ali  Delavar; Sedyd Sadroldin  Shariati

doi:10.18502/qjcr.v20i79.7671

Neda Afsharian PhD Student in Educational Psychology, AllamehTabatabae’i University.
Fariborz Dortaj Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Allameh Tabatabae’i University
Esmaeil Saadipoor Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Allameh Tabatabae’i University.
Ali Delavar Professor, Department of evaluating and measuring, Allameh Tabatabae’i University.
Sedyd Sadroldin Shariati Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy of Education, Allameh Tabatabae’i University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/qjcr.v20i79.7671

Keywords: Perception of lovemaking, students, validity, reliability, mixed method, confirmatory factor analysis.

Abstract

Aim: The aim of present research was making a test of perception of lovemaking between single students and survey of psychometric features of this tool.

Methods: The research method was mixed. For this purpose, first during a qualitative study based on data-driven theory using a semi-structured interview technique, 32 students (18 girls and 14 boys) were interviewed. The sampling method was purposeful and based on theoretical saturation. The text of the interviews were identified using MAXQDA10 qualitative data analysis software. Students' coding and perception of lovemaking were identified in three categories: ethics of logical obedience, emotional self-obsession and immoral self-obsession. In the next step, based on the codes obtained from the qualitative part of the research, a questionnaire appropriate to the cultural and educational context of Iranian society was developed to measure the perception of lovemaking of single students and then 560 single students ranging in age from 19 to 33 years. (314 girls and 246 boys) Bachelor's and Master's degrees from 5 governmental and Islamic Azad universities in Tehran (Allameh Tabatabai, Shahid Beheshti, Imam Sadegh (AS), Research Sciences and Amirkabir Universities), which are in a multi-stage cluster method Were selected and answered the test.

Results: The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the scale of love perception contains 18 questions and includes three confirmed categories of ethics of logical obedience (questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), emotional self-obedience (questions 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) and immoral self-obsession (questions 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) of lovemaking. Model fit indices in confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the validity of this scale.

Conclusion: Therefore, based on the findings, the students' love perception test can be used as a valid and valid tool to measure and evaluate the love perception of single Iranian students.