Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the cognitive avoidance scale and its relationship to rates of enjoyment, acceptance and action among students of the Faculty of Education, Sadat City University

Tahoon, Rehab Samir

doi:10.21608/jealex.2023.288048

Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the cognitive avoidance scale and its relationship to rates of enjoyment, acceptance and action among students of the Faculty of Education, Sadat City University

Document Type : Original Article

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Rehab Samir Tahoon

مدرس علم النفس - كلية التربية – جامعة مدينة السادات.

10.21608/jealex.2023.288048

Abstract

Abstract
The current research investigated the global structure of the Arabic version of the cognitive avoidance scale among a sample of students from the Faculty of Education, Sadat City University. The current research sample consisted of (726) students from the Faculty of Education, Sadat City University, with a number of (175) male, with an average age of (20.53), and a standard deviation of (1.87), and (551) female, with an average age of (19.63), and a deviation A standard rate of (1.33). The current results showed that: Cognitive avoidance had five factors, explaining 67,439 of the total variance, and showing a good fit of the data to the model (CFI) = 0.975; goodness of fit index (GFI) = 0.95; mean square approximation error (RMSEA) = 0.034). The stability indicators were appropriate (Cronbach's α = 0.885), and the dimensions of the cognitive avoidance scale were significantly related to the dimensions of Gaudiebility scale and the acceptance and action scale -2.

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