Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The study was designed to construct a valid and reliable social
comparison scale for women with infertility (SCS-WI) in Pakistan.
METHODS: A mixed-method approach with purposive sampling techniques
was used to construct the scale. Study duration was 13 months and was set in
private and government hospitals and clinics of major cities of four provinces of
Pakistan. Factor structure of 37 item with primary infertility was explored
through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) on a sample of 215 women with
primary infertility with age range from 20-45(M = 31.03; SD= 6.18) years. age
The obtained factor structure of Social Comparison Scale for Women with
Infertility (32 items) was further confirmed through confirmatory factor analysis
(CFA) on a sample of 210 women with primary infertility whose ages ranged
between 20 years and 45 years (M =32.42, SD=5.49). age
RESULTS: Principal component analysis (PCA) with Varimax rotation method
yielded three factors (viz., social distress, emotional burden and personal
incapacities) and accounted for 63.37% variance and all 32 items of the scale
were retained. The CFA supported the measurement structure of SCS-WI
retained after EFA. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the scale was 0.95
(alphas range from 0.85-0.90 for subscales) with sound convergent and
divergent validity (r = 0.37, p = 0.05) (r = -0.70, p<0.001) respectively. Test
re-test reliability was (r = 0.93, p < 0.001).
CONCLUSION: Social comparison scale for women with infertility is a valid
scale with good items homogeneity, internal consistency and a revelatory
pattern of validity.
Anila Sadaf Mubashir, Syeda Shahida Batool. (2019) DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF SOCIAL COMPARISON SCALE FOR WOMEN WITH INFERTILITY IN PAKISTAN, KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL, Volume 11, Issue 3.
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