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Psychometric evaluation of Persian version of the balanced measure of psychological needs scale among university students

Sharif Nia H 1 , Rahmatpour P 2 , Khoshnavay Fomani F 3 , Arslan G 4 , Kaveh O 5 , Pahlevan Sharif S 6 Show all authors , Kaur H 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 School of Nursing and Midwifery Amol, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
  • 2 Department of Nursing, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
  • 3 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • 4 Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Faculty of Education, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey
  • 5 School of Nursing and Midwifery Sari, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
  • 6 Taylor's Business School, Taylor's University Lakeside Campus, Subang Jaya, Malaysia
Nurs Open, 2021 09;8(5):2784-2793.
PMID: 33797864 DOI: 10.1002/nop2.854

Abstract

AIM: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the reliability, validity and factor structure of the Persian version of the BMPN in Iranian university students.

DESIGN: Cross-sectional.

METHODS: Study was conducted among Iranian medical sciences students from April to May 2020. A total of 660 students participated in the online self-administrated questionnaire. Construct validity, convergent and divergent validity, and reliability of P-BMPN were evaluated.

RESULTS: The Exploratory factor analysis showed that the Persian version of the BMPN has 17 items with four factors: dissatisfaction, autonomy Satisfaction, relatedness satisfaction and competence satisfaction that explained 40.17% of the total variance. Based on confirmatory factor analysis, all goodness-of-fit indices confirmed the model fit.

CONCLUSION: These results suggest that the Persian version of the BMPN is a reliable and valid measure to assess satisfaction and dissatisfaction of the psychological needs in Iranian university students.

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