The Structural Validity of Cultural Intelligence Scale  among Egyptian and Yemeni University Students

Saddam, Nageeb; Allam, Salah Eldeen; Ali, Mohammd

doi:10.21608/jsrep.2022.257420

The Structural Validity of Cultural Intelligence Scale among Egyptian and Yemeni University Students

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قسم علم النفس التعليمي و الإحصاء التربوي، کلية التربية بنين بالقاهرة، جامــعة الأزهــر

10.21608/jsrep.2022.257420

Abstract

This study aimed at verifying the structural validity of cultural intelligence scale among two samples from Egypt and Yemen of university students. The pilot sample consisted of 236 university students (90 Egyptians, 146 Yemenis) to verify the psychometric properties of the scale. The main sample consisted of 997 male and female students, including (481) Egyptian male and female students, (516) Yemeni male and female. The cultural intelligence scale was administered to the participants. Using exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, Pearson correlation coefficient and Cronbach's alpha coefficient, the results showed good indicators of the structural validity for the scale. The scale items were saturated on four latent factors (cognitive, metacognitive, motivational, and behavioral) for the total sample, and for each of the Egyptian and Yemeni samples separately. A high degree of internal consistency of the scale was supported using correlation coefficients and Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the total sample, and for each of the Egyptian and Yemeni samples separately. These results supported the validity of the scale for use in the Arab environment, and the researcher recommended conducting more studies on the scale using different samples.

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