VALIDATION OF THE MALEVOLENT CREATIVITY BEHAVIOR SCALE IN THE ARAB CONTEXT USING CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS WITH A SAMPLE COMPRISING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA AND SUDAN

Habab A Osman; Salaheldin F Bakhiet; Eihab M Osman; Abdullah M Al-Mahdawi; Mohammed A Asiri; Hassan Abdullah Alqarni; Manar Jumah Albanna; Asma Khalaf; Alanfzi; Mohammed Ateik AL-khadher

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VALIDATION OF THE MALEVOLENT CREATIVITY BEHAVIOR SCALE IN THE ARAB CONTEXT USING CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS WITH A SAMPLE COMPRISING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA AND SUDAN

Author: Habab A. Osman ¹ ; Salaheldin F. Bakhiet ² ; Eihab M. Osman ³ ; Abdullah M. Al-Mahdawi ⁴ ; Mohammed A. Asiri ¹ ; Hassan Abdullah Alqarni ¹ ; Manar Jumah Albanna ¹ ; Asma Khalaf ¹ ; Alanfzi ¹ ; Mohammed Ateik AL-khadher ⁵
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1. Department of Education and Psychology, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
2. Department of Special Education, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3. Department of Computer and Information Technology, Al Baha University, Al Baha province, Saudi Arabia
4. Department of Psychology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
5. Department of Psychology, King Saud University, College of Education,Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Malevolent Creativity Behavior Scale (MCBS); Arab World Context; Saudi Arabia; Sudan; Psychology
From:ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 2024;25(7):1-10
CountryMalaysia
Language:English
Abstract: VALIDATION OF THE MALEVOLENT CREATIVITY BEHAVIOR SCALE IN THE ARAB CONTEXT USING CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS WITH A SAMPLE COMPRISING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA AND SUDAN:This study aimed to verify Malevolent Creativity Behavior Scale (MCBS) in the Arab context, using descriptive correlational design. The study sample, which was drawn from the population of university students in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and in the republic of Sudan, comprised 3,408 male and female undergraduate university students (n=1,789 Saudi; n=1,619 Sudanese). The MCBS scale comprises 13 items in three dimensions (i.e., hurting people, lying, and playing tricks), which fall under the general category of malevolent creativity. In this study, the sole alteration made was to translate the scale into Arabic. This research, which employed confirmatory factor analysis, confirmed the MCBS as a valid tool for measuring malevolent creativity in the Arab environment. While this supports the use of the scale with the population of university students in the two countries, there is a need to confirm our findings through application to additional and diverse populations in Sudan and Saudi Arabia as well as to populations in other Arab world countries. Findings restricted to the Sudanese sample of this study solely on the topic of gender and rates of malevolent creativity were previously presented. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 25 (8) September, 2024; 1-10.
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