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ArticleNursing open2021

Psychometric evaluation of Persian version of the balanced measure of psychological needs scale among university students.

Hamid Sharif Nia, Pardis Rahmatpour, Fatemeh Khoshnavay Fomani, Gokmen Arslan, Omolhoda Kaveh, Saeed Pahlevan Sharif, Harpaljit Kaur

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Hamid Sharif NiaSchool of Nursing and Midwifery Amol, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-5570-3710
Pardis RahmatpourDepartment of Nursing, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-4271-8101
Fatemeh Khoshnavay FomaniSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-6936-0827
Gokmen ArslanDepartment of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Faculty of Education, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey.
Omolhoda KavehSchool of Nursing and Midwifery Sari, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-7454-302X
Saeed Pahlevan SharifTaylor's Business School, Taylor's University Lakeside Campus, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
Harpaljit KaurTaylor's Business School, Taylor's University Lakeside Campus, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.

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aimThe purpose of the present study was to evaluate the reliability, validity and factor structure of the Persian version of the BMPN in Iranian university students.

designCross-sectional.

methodsStudy was conducted among Iranian medical sciences students from April to May 2020. A total of 660 students participated in the online self-administrated questionnaire. Construct validity, convergent and divergent validity, and reliability of P-BMPN were evaluated.

resultsThe Exploratory factor analysis showed that the Persian version of the BMPN has 17 items with four factors: dissatisfaction, autonomy Satisfaction, relatedness satisfaction and competence satisfaction that explained 40.17% of the total variance. Based on confirmatory factor analysis, all goodness-of-fit indices confirmed the model fit.

conclusionThese results suggest that the Persian version of the BMPN is a reliable and valid measure to assess satisfaction and dissatisfaction of the psychological needs in Iranian university students.

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StudentsUniversitiesCross-Sectional StudiesHumansIranPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsBalanced Measure of Psychological NeedsreliabilityUniversity Studentsvalidity

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PMID33797864
PMCPMC8363392

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