Author/Authors :
Fatehi, Zahra Education Development Office - Medical school. Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran , Baradaran, Hamid Reza Center for Educational Research in Medical Sciences - Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Asadpour, Mohamad Department of Health Services and Health Promotion - School of Health - Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran , Rezaeian, Mohsen Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics - School of Medicine - Occupational Environmental Research Center - Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
Abstract :
Background: Individuals’ listening styles differs based on their characters, professions and situations. This study aimed to assess the
validity and reliability of Listening Styles Profile- Revised (LSP- R) in Iranian students.
Methods: After translating into Persian, LSP-R was employed in a sample of 240 medical and nursing Persian speaking students in
Iran. Statistical analysis was performed to test the reliability and validity of the LSP-R.
Results: The study revealed high internal consistency and good test-retest reliability for the Persian version of the questionnaire. The
Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.72 and intra-class correlation coefficient 0.87. The means for the content validity index and the
content validity ratio (CVR) were 0.90 and 0.83, respectively. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) yielded a four-factor solution accounted
for 60.8% of the observed variance. Majority of medical students (73%) as well as majority of nursing students (70%) stated
that their listening styles were task-oriented.
Conclusion: In general, the study finding suggests that the Persian version of LSP-R is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing
listening styles profile in the studied sample.
Keywords :
Iran , Persian , Listening Style Profile , Reliability , Validity
