Determining the Validity and Reliability of the Persian Version of the Elementary School Quality of Life Questionnaire (ESQOL)

The aim of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Elementary School Quality of Life Questionnaire for Iranian students. The study was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of methodology. The statistical population of the study consisted of all fifth and sixth-grade students in Kerman city, from which a sample of 200 students was selected using simple random sampling. The research instruments included the Hang and colleagues' (2017) Elementary School Quality of Life Questionnaire, the Warren and colleagues' (2003) Children's Quality of Life Questionnaire, and the Huebner (2001) Student Life Satisfaction Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using confirmatory factor analysis, Pearson correlation, and Cronbach's alpha with SPSS22 software. The results of data analysis showed that the Persian version of the Elementary School Quality of Life Questionnaire in the Iranian sample has the same factor structure as the original version of the test. The content validity of the test was confirmed, and the structural validity was examined using confirmatory factor analysis, which showed that all factors had a very good fit.