Construction and validation of a wisdom questionnaire

The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the wisdom questionnaire. The population was all the citizens living in Hamadan. in doing so, 440 individuals were selected by convenience sampling procedure. Then, in order to collect data, a researcher-made questionnaire was administered to the participants of the study. The results of factor analysis showed that 58 items from 121 items were eliminated and the opening of the experience was removed from 9 dimensions and 63 items showed high factor loading. Findings indicate that 8 dimensions of the questionnaire had a total variance of 41.81%. Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient and the test-retest of the wisdom questionnaire were 0.85 and 0.87, respectively, which indicates an acceptable level of reliability. Therefore, coordination between dimensions with total score is acceptable. The validity and reliability of the researcher-made questionnaire are at the acceptable level and indicates that the questionnaire is good enough.