A confirmatory factor analysis and validation of the forms of self-criticism/reassurance scale among teachers

Purpose: the present study investigated the psychometric properties of a persian version self- reassurance/ self-criticism inventory in the male and female teachers. materials & methods: this study was of a validation type. the participants were 444 teachers selected through a multistage-cluster random sampling among the teachers in high school second period in the city of bojnord of the 2015-16 years. the three scales administrated in this study were: self- reassurance/ selfcriticism inventory, self-efficacy scale and happiness inventory. a cronbach’s and test-retest reliability was calculated to examine the reliability of the self- reassurance/ self-criticism inventory and to check the validity of the method convergent validity, divergent validity and confirmatory factor analysis was used. findings: the calculated α for the inventory was for self-criticism 0.69 and for and selfreassurance 0.77. neutralizing dimensions respectively self-criticism and for and self- reassurance examined through correlating it to the self-efficacy scale and happiness inventory given signification. using factor exploratory analysis confirmed the two-factor structure. discussion: the persian version of the self- reassurance/ self-criticism inventory seems satisfactory for measuring self- reassurance/ selfcriticism symptoms in teacher's samples. future research is, however, needed to confirm these data in a sample of ocd teacher's.