fa Dysfunctional Attitude Scale: Evidence of Disconformity Factor Structure عمومى General پژوهشي Research <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span><span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">The Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS) was designed to measure patterns of maladaptive thinking held by depressed individuals. Despite its wide use as a research and clinical tool, only a few studies have been carried out to examine its psychometric properties in a high school student population in Iran. The objective of this study was to validate the Iranian version of the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale Form A in the context of Iranian students. A total of 522 Iranian students (275 females and 225 males) from high schools participated in the study and completed a Persian version of General Health Questionnaire (PGHQ) and a Persian version of Automatic Thought Questionnaire (PATQ). Exploratory factor analyses showed a four-factor model of dysfunctional attitude scale which contains perfectionism, social approval, dependency and autonomy. The fit of the proposed four-factor model was not promising. The internal consistency of the DAS (40 items) was reasonable (Cronbach&#39;s &alpha; = 0.72).The DAS correlated significantly with the PGHQ (r = 0.28) and the PATQ (r = 0.35). The results of exploratory factor analyses fairly supported the four-factor framework with Iranian students; however, confirmatory factor analysis was not fit with the model. Implications are discussed in detail.</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">The Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS) was designed to measure patterns of maladaptive thinking held by depressed individuals. Despite its wide use as a research and clinical tool, only a few studies have been carried out to examine its psychometric properties in a high school student population in Iran. The objective of this study was to validate the Iranian version of the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale Form A in the context of Iranian students. A total of 522 Iranian students (275 females and 225 males) from high schools participated in the study and completed a Persian version of General Health Questionnaire (PGHQ) and a Persian version of Automatic Thought Questionnaire (PATQ). Exploratory factor analyses showed a four-factor model of dysfunctional attitude scale which contains perfectionism, social approval, dependency and autonomy. The fit of the proposed four-factor model was not promising. The internal consistency of the DAS (40 items) was reasonable (Cronbach&#39;s &alpha; = 0.72).The DAS correlated significantly with the PGHQ (r = 0.28) and the PATQ (r = 0.35). The results of exploratory factor analyses fairly supported the four-factor framework with Iranian students; however, confirmatory factor analysis was not fit with the model. Implications are discussed in detail.</span></span></span></span></div> dysfunctional attitudes scale, reliability, validity, factor structure dysfunctional attitudes scale, reliability, validity, factor structure 59 77 http://ijpb.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-37&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Siavash Talepasand Siavash Talepasand 10031947532846005139 10031947532846005139 Yes Department of Educational Sciences & Development of Handicapped children Semnan University Department of Educational Sciences & Development of Handicapped children Semnan University Amir Rezaei Amir Rezaei 10031947532846005140 10031947532846005140 No Department of Language & Literacy University of Malaya Department of Language & Literacy University of Malaya