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The revised version of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders [SCARED-41] is a self-report questionnaire that measures symptoms [panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, school phobia, social phobia] of DSM-IV linked anxiety disorders in children with aged 8 to 18 years. The aim of the present study was to examine the validation of the [SCARED-41] in a sample of 300 school children. After the translation of the original version of the mentioned Scale to Farsi and confirming it by two psychology and English language professors, the final version was administered to 300 students [150 males, 150 females] of Isfahan who were selected through stratified-cluster sampling. The age range of the participants was between 19 to 35 years. To assess reliability, internal consistency and split half methods were used. Also, concurrent, validity of convergent and divergent and factorial structure were used to determine validity. The range of Cronbach's alpha and retest were from 0.52 to 0.93 for subscale. Also, the coefficients of total Cronbach's alpha reliability and retest were 0.93, and 0.92 respectively. Moreover, results of the concurrent validity, validity of convergent and divergent and factorial structure showed that [SCARED-41] has satisfactory validity. The revised version of the SCARED-41 has satisfactory reliability and validity in the sample of Iranian students, and could be used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes
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This research aimed to develop and validate the questionnaire in order to measure patients' satisfaction with pharmacy services of Red Crescent society. This study was standardisation. In this study, about 330 people who referred to pharmacy of Red Crescent society of Shiraz Township were selected and studied by using purposive sampling in winter 2011. The reliability was assessed by internal-consistency method [Cronbach's alpha and split-half coefficient] and by content and construct validity [factors analysis] validity was measured. Data was analyzed by using SPSS. The results of internal consistency indicated that alpha coefficient and split-half for the total factors were 0/88 and 0/73; and alpha coefficient for the three factors of 'interpersonal aspects','services quality' and 'ambience' was 0/92, 0/75, 0/71 respectively. The values of face and content validity were appropriate. The result of factors analysis [with varimax rotation] indicated that three factors explained questionnaire variance [%62/23]. The mentioned questionnaire had an appropriate validity and desired reliability in order to evaluate the quality of services in pharmacy of Red Crescent society