Psychometric Properties of the Basic Need Satisfaction in Relationships with Friends Scale in University Students

Subject Areas : Educational

Farhad Tanhaye Reshvanloo ¹ (Department of Psychology, Shandiz Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran)
Talieh Saeidi Rezvani ² (Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Educational sciences and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran)
Hadi Samadiye ³ (Asistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational sciences and Psychology, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran)
Hossein Kareshki ⁴ (Associate Professor in Educational Psychology, Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Educational sciences and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran)

Received: 2019-09-14 Accepted : 2020-09-21 Published : 2023-08-23

Keywords: basic needs, friendly relations, Validation, factor structure, Students,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to validate and evaluate the factor structure of the scale of The Basic Need Satisfaction in Relationships with Friends Scale in students. In a descriptive and validation study, 172 and 228 students from Birjand University were selected through multi-stage random sampling method and completed the Basic Need Satisfaction in Relationships Scale (La Guardia et al. 2000), Life Satisfaction Test (Diener et al. 1985), The Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (Ditommaso et al. 2004), and Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (Lovibond, & Lovibond, 1995). Internal consistency, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, convergent and constructive validity was evaluated using SPSS.16 and AMOS.24 software. The results showed that the scale had three-factor structure with the variance explained 70.92%. The second-order confirmatory factor analysis confirmed. The scale had good construction reliability. The convergent validity confirmed in relation to life satisfaction and its divergent validity in relation to the social loneliness and depression (P≤0.01). There was no significant difference based on age, gender and marital status (P>0.05). It seems that the basic need satisfaction in relationships with friends scale has a good reliability and validity in students.

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