Psychometric Properties of the Mind Wandering Questionnaire

Pourabdol, Saeed

doi:10.22054/jcps.2024.17000

Psychometric Properties of the Mind Wandering Questionnaire

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

saeed pourabdol

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/jcps.2024.17000

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the validity, reliability and factor structure of the short version of the Mind Wandering Questionnaire among students. The statistical population of this research included all the students of the faculty of literature and humanities of Urmia University in the academic year of 2022-2023 (a total of 2075 students), of which 380 were selected by available sampling. Depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS-21) and Freiburg Mindfulness Questionnaire (FMI-SF) were used to calculate convergent and divergent validity. Construct validity was investigated through confirmatory factor analysis. Reliability was done using Cronbach's alpha method and retesting. Also, the data were analyzed with spss version 25 and Lisrel version 8.8 software. The results of confirmatory factor analysis, like the original form, confirmed a factor of mind wandering. Also, Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the whole scale was equal to 0.89. In addition, the retest coefficient with an interval of four weeks for the entire questionnaire was 0.81. Also, the correlation coefficient showed favorable convergent and divergent validity of the questionnaire (P<0.001). According to the obtained results, it can be said that the mind wandering questionnaire is a reliable and valid tool for measuring mind wandering among students.

Keywords

Validity

Reliability

Mind wandering

Students

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