Investigating the psychometric features of the Persian version of the overt and covert reassurance seeking questionnaire in Iranian women

Najafi, Kimia; Kachooei, Mohsen; Bastami Katuli, Malek

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Najafi K, Kachooei M, Bastami Katuli M. (2025). Investigating the psychometric features of the Persian version of the overt and covert reassurance seeking questionnaire in Iranian women. Rooyesh. 13(12), 187-196.
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Investigating the psychometric features of the Persian version of the overt and covert reassurance seeking questionnaire in Iranian women

Kimia Najafi¹

, Mohsen Kachooei ^*²

, Malek Bastami Katuli³

1- PhD Student of Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran.
2- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran. , kachooei.m@usc.ac.ir
3- PhD in Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

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This research was conducted to investigate the psychometric characteristics of the Persian version of the Overt and Covert Reassurance Seeking Questionnaire in Iranian women. The current research was practical in terms of the correlation method. The statistical population of this research was all the women of Tehran city in 2024, who selected a sample of 461 people using the available method and completed the questionnaire. Research tools included: Covert and Overt Reassurance Seeking Inventory (CORSI, Radomsky & et al, 2021), Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (OBQ, Obsessive Compulsive Cognitions Working Group, 2001), Self-Esteem Questionnaire (RSE) (Rosenberg, 1965), and Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS, Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995). Research data were analyzed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha, and Pearson's coefficient. The results of the exploratory factor analysis showed that the research instrument has a four-factor structure after removing items 1 and 7, which was confirmed in the subsequent confirmatory factor analysis. This tool has a direct correlation with depression, anxiety, stress, and obsessive beliefs and has an inverse correlation with self-esteem, which shows the divergent and convergent validity of the research tool (p<0/001). Cronbach's alpha was used to determine reliability, and the obtained values were higher than 0.70, which indicated adequate reliability. The Persian version of the Overt and Covert Reassurance Inventory has good psychometric properties and can be used.

Keywords: Overt and Covert Reassurance, Psychometrics, Women.

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Type of Article: Research | Subject: Clinical Psychology
Received: 2024/05/21 | Accepted: 2024/06/19 | ePublished: 2025/02/28