title: Persian adaptation of Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale: a psychometric analysis.
abstract: The validity and psychometric properties of a new Persian adaptation of the Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale were investigated. The scale was translated into Persian and administered to 160 undergraduate students (131 women, 29 men; M age = 23.4 yr., SD = 4.3). Rasch model analysis on the scale's original 20 items revealed that the data do not fit the partial credit model. Principal components analysis identified three factors: one related to feelings of anxiety about reading, the second reflected the reverse-worded items, and the third related to general ideas about reading in a foreign language. In a re-analysis, the 12 items that loaded on the first factor showed a good fit with the partial credit model.
authors.forename: Purya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baghaei
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hohensinn
authors.forename: Klaus D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Kubinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019303:Multilingualism; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation; D011932:Reading; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult