Psychometric properties of the persian version of the youth risk behavior survey questionnaire
Joint Authors
Baheiraei, A.
Hamzehgardeshi, Zaynab
Muhammadi, M. R.
Nedjat, S.
Muhammadi, E.
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 14, Issue 6 (30 Jun. 2012), pp.363-370, 8 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2012-06-30
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Background : Adolescents may get involved in high-risk behaviors.
Surveys are the primary, and sometimes the sole source of data collection for many high-risk health behaviours.
We examined the reliability and validity of the psychometric properties of the self-administered Persian version of the 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) questionnaire.
Methods : In a methodological study in summer 2010, 100 Iranian adolescents aged 15-18 years were recruited through convenience sampling.
The face and content validity were used for the questionnaire validity.
In order to evaluate the questionnaire’s reliability, the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) and Cronbach’s α were calculated for domains and 89 items.
Results : Among 89 items, the ICC values were below 0.4 (weak reliability) for 2 items (2.25 %), 0.4-0.6 (moderate reliability) for 10 items (11.24 %), 0.6-0.8 (good reliability) for 32 items (35.96 %) and 0.8-1 excellent reliability)) for 45 items (50.56 %).
The prevalence of most high-risk behaviors was constant in the first and second survey.
The value of Cronbach’s α was 0.73 for intentional and unintentional injuries, 0.77 for tobacco use, 0.86 for alcohol and other drug use, and 0.79 for unsafe sexual behaviors.
No domain had a mean ICC of below 0.6.
Furthermore, 97.75 % of the items had moderate to excellent reliability.
Thus, the Persian YRBSS questionnaire had an acceptable reliability.
Conclusion: Over the 2-week period, sexual behaviors were reported with less consistency compared to other behaviors.
In any case, researchers must be aware of the limitation of the data collected through this questionnaire, particularly in comparison to the domain of sexual behaviors.
Overall, 97.75 % of the items had moderate to excellent reliability.
Thus, the Persian YRBSS questionnaire had an acceptable reliability.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Baheiraei, A.& Hamzehgardeshi, Zaynab& Muhammadi, M. R.& Nedjat, S.& Muhammadi, E.. 2012. Psychometric properties of the persian version of the youth risk behavior survey questionnaire. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 14, no. 6, pp.363-370.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Baheiraei, A.…[et al.]. Psychometric properties of the persian version of the youth risk behavior survey questionnaire. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 14, no. 6 (Jun. 2012), pp.363-370.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Baheiraei, A.& Hamzehgardeshi, Zaynab& Muhammadi, M. R.& Nedjat, S.& Muhammadi, E.. Psychometric properties of the persian version of the youth risk behavior survey questionnaire. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2012. Vol. 14, no. 6, pp.363-370.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 369-370
Record ID
BIM-311690