Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Self-Invalidation Due to Emotion Scale and Its Relationship with Test Anxiety

Sadeghi, Zahra; Khazaei, Samaneh; Rezaei, Mahdi

doi:10.22111/jeps.2026.51581.5959

Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Self-Invalidation Due to Emotion Scale and Its Relationship with Test Anxiety

Document Type : Scientific Articles

Authors

¹ Master's student in Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Birjand. Birjand. Iran.

² university of birjand

³ University of Birjand. Birjand. Iran.

10.22111/jeps.2026.51581.5959

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to determine the psychometric properties of the Self-Invalidation Due to Emotion Scale in an Iranian sample. The statistical population included all male and female students in Birjand in the academic year 1402-1403. A non-random sampling method was used to select the sample. 474 people were selected as a sample from the target population and responded to the desired instrument. The results of face validity indicated that the questions of the scale were appropriate for Iranian society. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to examine the construct validity. Item number 6 was removed due to weak factor loading with the main factors and low internal correlation. To determine the convergent validity of the Persian SIDES scale, its zero-order correlation with the emotional invalidation scale was calculated. The results showed that the Persian SIDES scale has a significant relationship with the emotional invalidation scale. Also, Cronbach's alpha, McDonald's omega, and the correlation of items with the total score indicated acceptable reliability of the scale. Finally, standard multiple regression (simultaneous) was used to examine the relationship between emotional self-discrediting and test anxiety. The results showed that emotional self-discrediting (the second factor) and emotional devaluation perception were able to significantly predict test anxiety, but the second factor (high emotional self-discrediting) did not have a significant contribution to predicting test anxiety (p<0.01). Overall, the results of the present study indicated that this scale has favorable statistical properties in the Iranian sample.

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