Construction of the Preliminary Test of Appreciation Based on the Islamic Teachings

This descriptive study is a survey that aims to "develop an appreciation questionnaire based on the Islamic teachings". In descriptive method, Islamic teachings on appreciation and gratitude were analyzed. After extraction of cognitive, behavioral and emotional components in two areas of appreciation of the Creator and the creature, the preliminary questionnaire was developed. In the survey method, the reliability and validity of the scale were studied in a sample of 104 participants from the statistical population of Imam Khomeini Institute’s students. In order to obtain the convergent and criterion-based validity, the Satisfaction with Life Scale and the appreciation questionnaire were respectively used. In evaluation of content validity, experts’ mean scores of 0. 87and Kendall’s concordance coefficient of 0.159 were obtained. To measure the construct validity, the correlation between the subscales and the total score, the correlation between the components of each subscale and total score, and the correlation of each item with the total score were calculated. The results show a satisfactory validity. In studying the reliability of the scale, Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0. 9, Spearman split-half of 0.81,and Guttman split-half of 0.78 were obtained.