religious commitment inventory - 10: psychometric properties of the farsi version in assessing substance abusers

Background: there is growing interest in studying the impact of religion/spirituality (r/s) on mental/physical health in iran; however, little attention has been paid to the role of r/s in addiction. objectives: this study aim to evaluate the reliability and construct and convergent validity of the farsi version of the religious commitment inventory-10 (rci-10) in a sample of substance abusers. patients and methods: the original english version of rci-10 was translated into farsi, the official language of iran, using standard forward-backward translation. the reliability of the farsi version was evaluated by assessing internal consistency; convergent validity was assessed via correlations with other measures of religiosity. principal component analysis was utilized to assess the construct validity of the measure. results: the farsi version of rci-10 had high internal consistency and satisfactory convergent validity. factor analysis revealed a three-factor solution for the scale. conclusions: the results of this study, while preliminary, suggest that the farsi version of the rci-10 is a reliable and valid measure of religiosity and can be used in health research with farsi-speaking populations.