Psychometric properties of short form of the social problem solving inventory

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Ali Asghar Bayani ¹ (PhD Islamic Azad University Azarshahr Branch)
Ali Bayani ² (Islamic Azad University Azarshahr Branch)

Received: 2015-06-03 Accepted : 2015-06-03 Published : 2010-12-22

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The present study investigated the reliability and validity of the Social Problem Solving Inventory-Short form (SPSI; D’Zurilla et al., 2002). Four hundred and three students (245 females and 158 males) from Islamic Azad University (age range 18-48 years) an- swered Beck's Depression Inventory (Beck et al., 1961), the Short Depression-Happiness Scale (Joseph et al., 2004), Satisfaction With Life Scale (Diener et al., 1985), and Social Phobia Inventory (Connor et al., 2000). SPSI internal consistency and test-retest coefficients were 0.86 and 0.65 respectively and its correlation coefficients with the following were: Beck's Depression Inventory (r= -0.48), Depression-Happiness (r=0.38), Satisfaction With Life Scale (r=0.18) and Social Phobia (r= -0.39). The findings confirmed the construct and concurrent validity of SPSI and indicated the need for further studies.