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A new approach to children's education quarterly

Investigation of the Factor Structure of the "Quality of Life Questionnaire" among Primary School Students in Khorramabad: A Study Based on an Exploratory Approach

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Fatemeh Zahra Nazari 1
Mohammad Reza Yekta 2
1 Master in Assessment & Measurement, Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch
2 M.Sc. Student of Family Counseling, Department of Counseling, Islamic Azad University of Roodehen, Roodehen, Iran.
10.22034/naes.2021.279988.1114
Abstract
Quality of life today is one of the most important health outcomes that is necessary to measure in cases such as the evaluation of health interventions in many health researches. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure of the "Quality of Life Questionnaire" among primary school students in Khorramabad based on the exploratory approach. The statistical population of the present study was the second year elementary school students in Khorramabad and the statistical sample consisted of 240 students who were selected by convenience sampling. The instrument used in the research was the "Quality of Life Questionnaire" of Huang et al. (2017). Exploratory factor analysis was used to evaluate the validity of the questionnaire. The results showed that the Persian version of the "quality of life questionnaire" for elementary students consisted of 4 factors that together explained 45.42% of the total variance. All 4 Cronbach's alpha factors showed acceptable and the validity of the instrument was confirmed. Therefore, it can be said that the Persian version of the "quality of life questionnaire" is valid and reliable in elementary school students and can be used in academic counseling centers.
Keywords
Quality of life
factor structure
elementary school students

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 07 April 2021
  • Revise Date 25 May 2021
  • Accept Date 25 April 2021
  • First Publish Date 25 April 2021
  • Publish Date 22 December 2021