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Adaptation and Initial validation of student stress inventory in Malay sample

The paper discusses the process to adapt the Student Stress Inventory (SSI) and reportsthefindingofitscontentvalidation. Theprocessentailed,firstly,forwardand backward translation of items to be used in a new population of test takers whose culture is different from that of in the original SSI stand...

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Main Authors: Abdul Kudus, Farah Nadiah, Shamsul, Nur Syazera, Abdul Rahman, Shukran
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Language:English
Published: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2020
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BF Psychology
BF176 Psychological tests and testing
L Education (General)
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spelling my.iium.irep.812762021-01-20T03:01:24Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/81276/ Adaptation and Initial validation of student stress inventory in Malay sample Abdul Kudus, Farah Nadiah Shamsul, Nur Syazera Abdul Rahman, Shukran BF Psychology BF176 Psychological tests and testing L Education (General) The paper discusses the process to adapt the Student Stress Inventory (SSI) and reportsthefindingofitscontentvalidation. Theprocessentailed,firstly,forwardand backward translation of items to be used in a new population of test takers whose culture is different from that of in the original SSI standardization sample. The translation process was accomplished by subject matter experts (SMEs) who are well- versed in the English and Malay languages. They too understand the nature and extent of culture in the destination and original culture. The second stage was the item verification process in which five SMEs (Clinical Psychologist, Counsellor, Linguist, English teacher and Parent) verified and provided comments on every item before subjecting them to content and face validation stage. 10 SMEs, who were Psychology graduates, have been engaged to judge if the adapted Malay items are essential in measuring the construct-in-question among the Malay test takers. The SME judgments were calculated to obtain the content-validity-ratio (CVR) of each item. Items which did not meet the minimum value of CVR have been further reviewed. Besides, the feedback provided in the validation was used by the adapters to improve the face validity of the items. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2020-06-28 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81276/1/81276_Adaptation%20and%20initial%20validation%20of%20student.pdf Abdul Kudus, Farah Nadiah and Shamsul, Nur Syazera and Abdul Rahman, Shukran (2020) Adaptation and Initial validation of student stress inventory in Malay sample. IIUM Journal of Human Sciences (IJOHS), 2 (1). pp. 64-75. ISSN 2682-8731 https://journals.iium.edu.my/irkh/index.php/ijohs/article/view/147/50
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topic BF Psychology
BF176 Psychological tests and testing
L Education (General)
spellingShingle BF Psychology
BF176 Psychological tests and testing
L Education (General)
Abdul Kudus, Farah Nadiah
Shamsul, Nur Syazera
Abdul Rahman, Shukran
Adaptation and Initial validation of student stress inventory in Malay sample
description The paper discusses the process to adapt the Student Stress Inventory (SSI) and reportsthefindingofitscontentvalidation. Theprocessentailed,firstly,forwardand backward translation of items to be used in a new population of test takers whose culture is different from that of in the original SSI standardization sample. The translation process was accomplished by subject matter experts (SMEs) who are well- versed in the English and Malay languages. They too understand the nature and extent of culture in the destination and original culture. The second stage was the item verification process in which five SMEs (Clinical Psychologist, Counsellor, Linguist, English teacher and Parent) verified and provided comments on every item before subjecting them to content and face validation stage. 10 SMEs, who were Psychology graduates, have been engaged to judge if the adapted Malay items are essential in measuring the construct-in-question among the Malay test takers. The SME judgments were calculated to obtain the content-validity-ratio (CVR) of each item. Items which did not meet the minimum value of CVR have been further reviewed. Besides, the feedback provided in the validation was used by the adapters to improve the face validity of the items.
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author Abdul Kudus, Farah Nadiah
Shamsul, Nur Syazera
Abdul Rahman, Shukran
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Abdul Rahman, Shukran
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title Adaptation and Initial validation of student stress inventory in Malay sample
title_short Adaptation and Initial validation of student stress inventory in Malay sample
title_full Adaptation and Initial validation of student stress inventory in Malay sample
title_fullStr Adaptation and Initial validation of student stress inventory in Malay sample
title_full_unstemmed Adaptation and Initial validation of student stress inventory in Malay sample
title_sort adaptation and initial validation of student stress inventory in malay sample
publisher IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate 2020
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/81276/1/81276_Adaptation%20and%20initial%20validation%20of%20student.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/81276/
https://journals.iium.edu.my/irkh/index.php/ijohs/article/view/147/50
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