Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of Self-Transcendence Scale: Adolescent Version.

摘要: BACKGROUND: Given the greater tendency during adolescence toward risk-taking, identifying and measuring factors affecting adolescents' health is highly important to ensure efficacy of promoting interventions. One these self-transcendence. The aim this study was assess psychometric features Self-Transcendence Scale (adolescents' version) in students Tehran, capital city Iran. METHODS: This research conducted 2015. For purpose, 1210 high school were selected through multistage cluster sampling method. After backward-forward translation, properties scale examined assessment (face construct) validity reliability (internal consistency stability) scale. construct assessed using two methods, factor analysis, convergence with Hopefulness for Adolescents. RESULTS: result face minor modifications some words. exploratory analysis resulted extraction dimensions, explaining 52.79% variance collectively. In determining convergent validity, correlation between hopefulness score self-transcendence r=0.47 (PCONCLUSION: Persian version Adolescents' showed an acceptable can be used Iranian adolescents. Language: en