A new approach to children's education quarterly

A new approach to children's education quarterly

The psychometric properties of MisoQuest (a new tool for measuring Misophonia)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
khoshdavi ebrahimzade 1
Farhad Ghadiri Sourman Abadi 1
Safoura Ashrafzadeh 2
Aysan esmaeili 2
Amirreza Ashrafzadeh 3
1 PhD of psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
2 Ph.D. Student, Department of Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
3 M.A. Student of General Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
10.22034/naes.2025.494871.1623
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of psychometric test of sound sensitivity questionnaire among a group of Iranian teenagers. The method of the current research was a correlational description. The statistical population of the research included all students aged 12 to 18 years old in Urmia city in 2024, and 380 people were selected using available sampling method. After translating and obtaining the opinions of expert experts and subjects, the face validity of the scale was confirmed. AMOS and SPSS software were used for statistical analysis. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the single-factor structure of the scale had a good fit with the data in the sample of Iranian teenagers. The results related to the correlation between this scale and Weinstein's voice sensitivity scale empirically supported the convergent validity of the revised version of the MisoQuest scale. The values of the internal consistency coefficients of the revised version of the scale were 0.93. Overall, the results of the present study showed that the MisoQuest is a valid and reliable tool for measuring misophonia in Iranian adolescents. This tool can be used to measure noise aversion in research and treatment departments.
Keywords
MisoQuest
misophonia
validity
reliability
students

Subjects

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A new approach to children's education quarterly
Volume 7, Issue 2 - Serial Number 24
Summer 2025
Pages 159-167

  • Receive Date 19 December 2024
  • Revise Date 02 January 2025
  • Accept Date 06 January 2025
  • First Publish Date 18 April 2025
  • Publish Date 23 August 2025