Exploratory Factor Analysis

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1 - Psychometric Adequacy of Persian Version of Women Sexual Schema
Jhale Refahi Nasir Dastan maryam behnam

10.52547/fsh.1.1.7

The sexual schema is a part of self that is believed to be crucial for intrapersonal and interpersonal sexual relationships. This study aims to examine the validity of the Persian version of the women sexual schema questionnaire in Iranian society. The sample is consist More

The sexual schema is a part of self that is believed to be crucial for intrapersonal and interpersonal sexual relationships. This study aims to examine the validity of the Persian version of the women sexual schema questionnaire in Iranian society. The sample is consisting of 360 married women chosen by multi-stage cluster sampling from Shiraz. The extracted factors from this scale in this study were not the same as those found in the original form of the female sexual schema scale. The scale of women's sexual schema in Iranian society consisted of four factors, namely: open-minded-direct, passionate-romantic, attractive, and embarrassed-conservative. Also, the results of the women's scale validity were reported through the correlation coefficients of the subscales with the desired total score. Moreover, examines show that the Persian versions of women sexual schema's scales have acceptable reliability. The clinical psychologists and family counselors can use and benefit from this scale to identify the women's sexual schema for searching and treatment activities in clinical and counseling settings. Manuscript profile

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2 - Psychometric Adequacy of Persian Version of Women Sexual Schema
ژاله رفاهی

Introduction: The sexual self-schema is a part of a broader concept of the self that is believed to be crucial for intrapersonal and interpersonal sexual relationships. Objectives: The aim of this study is to examine the validity of Persian version of women sexual schem More

Introduction: The sexual self-schema is a part of a broader concept of the self that is believed to be crucial for intrapersonal and interpersonal sexual relationships. Objectives: The aim of this study is to examine the validity of Persian version of women sexual schema questionnaire in an Iranian society. Method: The sample is consisting of 360 married women chosen by multi-stage cluster sampling. Results: The factors extracted from this scale in this study were not the same to those found in the original form of the female sexual schema scale. The scale of women's sexual schema in Iranian society consisted of four factors, namely open-direct, passionate-romantic, attractive, and embarrassed-conservative. Also, the report about examining the validity of factor structure of the women scale by mean of correlation coefficients of subscales with total score was optimal. Moreover, examines show that the Persian versions of women sexual schema's scales have acceptable reliability. Conclusion: The clinical psychologists and family counselors can use and benefit this scale to identify the women sexual schema for searching and treatment activities in clinical and counselling settings. Manuscript profile

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3 - Investigation Effects of Science and Technology Park on Economic Development
Ramezanali Shourmij Mahsa Asadi

Different researches have emphasized the role of science and Technology Parks in regional development. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of scientific and technological town on local economic development. The paradigm of this research is quantitative a More

Different researches have emphasized the role of science and Technology Parks in regional development. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of scientific and technological town on local economic development. The paradigm of this research is quantitative and our objective is practical implemented by correlation method. Statistical population of survey contains all companies in Isfahan STP and 75 companies were estimated as the sample size using Cochran formula and the samples were selected randomly. The main tool of research was a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by a panel of experts and reliability of research confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.85). The results showed that the most important the effect of STP on local economic development is the development of marketing services and improving economic situation of the company, the increased level of service is another effect. The exploratory factor analysis was utilized in the classification of effects and the results showed that five factors are accounted for 58/37%of features and the effects of STP. These effects include the production-market (31/02%), capital investments (7/49%), service (7/29%), education-counseling (7/11%), and communication (5/35%). Manuscript profile

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4 - Factors Affecting Technology Transfer Process through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Plastic Industry
Farhad Shah miri Seyed reza Salami

Technology transfer is a multi-dimensional phenomenon which has been discussed from scientific, economic and political views not only in developing countries but also in western research institutions for many years. For diminishing the technological gap among advanced a More

Technology transfer is a multi-dimensional phenomenon which has been discussed from scientific, economic and political views not only in developing countries but also in western research institutions for many years. For diminishing the technological gap among advanced and less-developed countries, technology transfer (TT) is a must. TT ,depending on the situation of transferor and transferee, is done through different means. Importing products with high technology, tapping foreign technology, and employing international work force are among the most important methods for TT. Among these and the other general methods for doing so, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) which is usually used by multinational companies, is the main method to access the advanced technologies in industrial countries. FDI usually consists of 3 main elements namely capital, management and technology. All these three elements in order to achieve advancement in developing countries are needed. In this article, having studied the technology transfer and FDI literature and problems of the plastic industry in Iran, 40 affecting variables in 2 main categories were identified. First category known as specialized variables, consists of 8 variables and the other encompasses 32 variables known as general variables. Above-mentioned variables were accommodated in a questionnaire. These questionnaires were distributed among 3 main groups which were active in TT and FDI. These three groups are activist in plastic industry, TT experts and experts in Organization for Investment, Economic & Technical Assistance of Iran. After analyzing the collected data, using exploratory factor analysis technique, 13 main factors were recognized after studying the related literature. Manuscript profile

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5 - The Investigating the Factor Structure and Psychometric Characteristics of Extramarital Affairs Proneness Scale in Females
Nasim Zafargholizadeh Ali khademi Reza Tasbihsazan-Mashhadi

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the Factor Structure and Psychometric Characteristics of Extramarital Affairs Proneness Scale in females. This research have done using mixed-method in two qualitative and quantitative sections. In the qualitative sect More

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the Factor Structure and Psychometric Characteristics of Extramarital Affairs Proneness Scale in females. This research have done using mixed-method in two qualitative and quantitative sections. In the qualitative section of the research, expert interviews included 7 experts on family and Couples therapy were conducted using structured interviews and semi -structured interviews that led to the extraction of primary indicators.The method of research in the quantitative part was descriptive –correlation. The statistical population included married females in Urmia in 2017, and 1000 of these females were selected by available sampling. The tools of the present study were Extramarital Affairs Proneness Scale (EAPS) and Marital Happiness Scale (MHS). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used to analyze the data. Based on exploratory factor analysis, five factors were identified: Family Properties, media, Sexual behavior style, Personality Traits and cognitive. Overall, the extracted factors accounted for 51/56% of the total variance of the test. Content validity, Structural validity and confirmatory factor analysis were used to determine the validity. Fit indices in confirmatory factor analysis model, confirmed validity of this attitude scale. Its reliability through the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.88 obtained. Based on the findings Extramarital Affairs Proneness Scale is a valid and reliable tool and can be used in clinical and research situations. Manuscript profile

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6 - Identify the factors that influence public-private participation in urban civil engineering projects and provide an appropriate model. Case Study: Tehran Municipality.
esmaeel ghafari Karamollah daneshfard Gholamreza memarzadeh Tehran

Public-private partnership (PPP) is a new way to expand public services through the private sector. PPP have become common in providing high-quality infrastructure in many countries worldwide. One of the main reasons for PPP agreements is to improve efficiency and quali More

Public-private partnership (PPP) is a new way to expand public services through the private sector. PPP have become common in providing high-quality infrastructure in many countries worldwide. One of the main reasons for PPP agreements is to improve efficiency and quality in the delivery of public services, as well as to boost investments for expensive projects, which should be given more attention in Iran. This research is aimed at identifying effective factors in the success of public-private partnership Urban Civil Infrastructure Projects in Tehran Municipality and providing its model. The research method in this research is Applied, Field, Exploratory, Descriptive and causal. The statistical population of this study is all internal and external stakeholders are influential on private sector investment in Tehran Urban Civil Infrastructure Projects plans. In this study, using a questionnaire based on experts' opinions and research literature, data were collected and analyzed through Exploratory Factor Analysis. Factors affecting public-private participation in Tehran urban civil engineering projects and related model were extracted. The results of factor analysis show that the following seven factors affect the success of public-private partnership in our model, which are 1- Transparent processes and procedures 2- Knowledge, skills and support of managers 3- Legal support and incentives 4- Health of the administrative system 5- Political stability and support 6- Capacity Building 7-policy making. Manuscript profile

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7 - Identifying the Influential Factors on the Innovation Culture Based on the Exploratory Blend Approach
Alireza Aliahmadi nahid saravi-moghadam

The purpose of this research is to identify the key components of innovation culture derived from expert experiences and literature review. The presentation of a conceptual model based on path analysis is based on the exploratory blend of model design. This research was More

The purpose of this research is to identify the key components of innovation culture derived from expert experiences and literature review. The presentation of a conceptual model based on path analysis is based on the exploratory blend of model design. This research was carried out in a mixed way. In qualitative section, the method of grounded theories was used. After performing the research with a qualitative approach, we extracted 111 indexes with a comprehensive interview and the exploratory factor analysis method was used to reduce the number of variables affecting the innovative culture and the formation of a new structure based on the correlation between the variables. Finally, the path analysis was used to determine the direct and indirect effects on innovation culture were used. The number of questionnaires collected was 140, which was collected randomly from the directors and experts of the dairy industry of Mazandaran province. The results show that there is a positive and significant effect between the variables of supportive mechanism, leadership, technology, potential absorption capacity, organizational change and strategy and infrastructure necessary for innovation on innovation culture. The results also support the positive and significant impact of innovation culture on organizational ambidexterity, the acquisition of sustainable competitive advantage, and the implementation of innovation. Manuscript profile

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8 - A Model for Evaluating Electronic Governance (e-governance) in Iran's Executive Sectors
بهروز راعی Vahid Baradaran

Along with the development of information and communication technology in all areas, information technology in the management and administration of countries has also developed and concepts such as e-government and e-governance have emerged. Although e-government emphas More

Along with the development of information and communication technology in all areas, information technology in the management and administration of countries has also developed and concepts such as e-government and e-governance have emerged. Although e-government emphasizes providing services to stakeholders by internet, e-governance emphasizes the need to change the way the government communicates democratically with its citizens. Identifying the components of e-government evaluation In addition to identifying the important aspects for the development of e-government in the executive apparatus, it is a tool to know the status of progress of the executive apparatus and identify strengths and areas for improvement in the development of e-government. The main purpose of this study is to study the criteria and identify the components of evaluating the progress of government executive bodies in the development of e-government under the title of e-government evaluation framework. Accordingly, the initial criteria have been identified based on a literature study. Then, with the help of expert opinions, the criteria are reviewed and defined. With the help of a questionnaire, the importance of each criterion in the development of e-government in the country's executive apparatus has been questioned through random sampling. After measuring the importance of the criteria from the perspective of experts, effective criteria have been categorized using exploratory factor analysis. The results of factor analysis show 27 criteria identified in six components; e-governance quality, e-governance leadership and motivation, productivity and facilitation, support, e-services management, and e-legislation are summarized. Another output of this study is the coefficient of the importance of each of the criteria in measuring the identified factor. Manuscript profile

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9 - Developing and validation of the procrastination in prayer scale (PPS)
Mohammad Reza Asadi Younesi morteza pordel Seyed Alireza Ghasemi

<p>Establishing prayer,while communicating with God,creates positive psychological and physical effects in the praying person.Despite these valuable physical and psychological effects of prayer for humans,it is frequently observed that many people of different ages,from More

<p>Establishing prayer,while communicating with God,creates positive psychological and physical effects in the praying person.Despite these valuable physical and psychological effects of prayer for humans,it is frequently observed that many people of different ages,from childhood to adulthood,neglect and lack the necessary seriousness in establishing and performing prayer.Due to the fact that the method of measuring a construct such as procrastination in prayer plays an important role in the results of researches surrounding it and consequently the intervention applications resulting from it, and so far,no scale for this construct has been constructed and validated,the present study aims to construct and validate a scale There was general negligence in prayer.The method of the current research was descriptive and tool construction and was done in four stages including gathering and determining issues or sources of procrastination,testing the questionnaire to determine the validity(CVI),checking and selecting the questions of the questionnaire and validating the final form of the questionnaire.Overall,the research results showed that the total score has a high internal consistency(0.89).Also,the results of the factor analysis showed that the constructed scale consists of 5factors that explain63.03%of the total variance. Among these, the first factor with a specific value of7.193, about29.97%of the total variance,the second factor with a specific value of3.116,about12.98% of the total variance and the fifth factor with a specific value of1.156,about4.81%of the total variance of the variables are justified.Therefore, according to the results of this research,the general scale of procrastination in prayer has good validity and can be used to conduct extensive related research.</p> Manuscript profile

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