TY - JOUR ID - 10848 TI - Psychometric Properties of Multiple Intelligence Developmental Assessment Scales (MIDAS) for Adults in the Iranian Context JO - Issues in Language Teaching JA - ILT LA - en SN - 2322-3715 AU - Saeidi, Mahnaz AU - Ostvar, Shahla AU - Derakhshan, Ali AU - Shearer, Branton AD - Department of English, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran AD - School of Educational Studies, UniversitiSains Malaysia, 11800, Minden, Penang AD - Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran AD - The President of MI Research and Consulting, MI Research and Consulting Inc, Kent, Ohio, USA Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 8 IS - 1 SP - 165 EP - 194 KW - Psychometric properties KW - Persian-MIDAS-Adults KW - factor analysis KW - reliability KW - validity DO - 10.22054/ilt.2019.48283.444 N2 - This study reports psychometric properties and derivation of norms for a Persian version of the Multiple Intelligence Developmental Assessment Scales (MIDAS) for Adults. After examining and confirming equivalency between English and Persian versions, translated and validated by Saeidi, Ostovar, Shearer, and Asghari Jafarabadi (2015), the scale was administered to a sample (N = 2146), including students, undergraduates, graduates, and adults from different provinces in Iran. The participants were at least 19 years old and above (M = 29.40, SD = 2.26). Out of 2146 samples, 1103 females and 1043 were males. To examine the validity and reliability properties of the scale, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, Cronbach Alpha (α) reliability correlation coefficients, and corrected item-total correlations were employed. Exploratory factor analysis using varimax rotation identified eight principal components, which accounted for 67.21% of the variance for 115 items. The internal consistency coefficient (α = .92; ranging from 0.89 to 0.93) was also very high. The confirmatory analysis generally replicated the original conceptualization of the MIDAS. According to the results, the Persian-MIDAS-adults questionnaire has good psychometric properties in the research community and can be safely used as a valid tool to assess MI in Iran. UR - https://ilt.atu.ac.ir/article_10848.html L1 - https://ilt.atu.ac.ir/article_10848_3da4b642f7ea4bc019c7f5ab47b728d7.pdf ER -