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Psychometrics of the Malicious Creative Behavior Questionnaire in Shahed Students

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
meraj derakhshan 1
abas ali solaymani khashab 2
Meghdad Ghafarizadeh 3
1 Department of Psychology and Counseling, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Imam Hossein (AS) University, Tehran, Iran
3 M.A. in Educational Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Abstract
The Malicious Creativity Behavior Scale (MCBS) is a 13-item questionnaire that has been used and validated by Hao et al. However, this questionnaire has not been studied in Iranian society and has not been psychometrically tested. Objective: The aim of the present study is to investigate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the Malicious Creativity Questionnaire. Method: The method of the present study was a descriptive survey study. The statistical population of the study consisted of all Shahed students in the city of Shiraz, and 217 people were examined as the research sample in the final analysis. Findings: The validity of the questionnaire was examined using confirmatory factor analysis. The indicators obtained from confirmatory factor analysis showed that the empirical data of the study had an acceptable fit with the three-factor theoretical model of hurting people, lying, and Playing tricks. The reliability of the questionnaire using Cronbach's alpha for the entire questionnaire, hurting people, lying, and Playing tricks was 0.81, 0.71, 0.65, and 0.67, respectively, which is desirable and acceptable. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the malicious creativity questionnaire has acceptable validity and reliability and can be used in educational and psychological research.
Keywords
Malicious Creativity Questionnaire
Hurting People
Lying
Playing tricks
Subjects
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Military Psychology
Volume 17, Issue 2 - Serial Number 66
Serial number 66. Summer 2026
Summer 2026
Pages 157-174

  • Receive Date 14 July 2026
  • Revise Date 17 September 2026
  • Accept Date 25 September 2026