Husain Waqar, Sadiqa Asma, Zahid Eman, Idrees Fatima, Ammar Achraf, Saif Zahra, Trabelsi Khaled, Pandi-Perumal Seithikurippu R, Seeman Mary V, Jahrami Haitham
Department of Humanities, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Park Road, Islamabad 45550, Pakistan.
Department of Training and Movement Science, Institute of Sport Science, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ. 2024 Mar 1;14(3):554-562. doi: 10.3390/ejihpe14030037.
"Ghosting" refers to the practice of abruptly cutting off all contact with a person with whom you have been in constant correspondence. The break comes without warning and without understandable provocation. The term most commonly applies to online romantic relationships. The motives for and effects of ghosting have been studied, and validated research questionnaires have been developed; however, there are no such questionnaires available for Urdu speakers. The purpose of this study was to adapt the "Ghosting Questionnaire (GQ)" for use in Pakistan and India, two of the world's most populous countries-a process that involves translation, adaptation, and validation.
The study's methodology involved translating the GQ into Urdu using both forward and backward translation techniques. Convergent validity, test-retest reliability, internal consistency, confirmatory factor analysis, and goodness of fit were all components of the psychometric analyses.
The Urdu version of the GQ demonstrated a good internal consistency, with the Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega both exceeding 0.90. It also showed a high test-retest reliability-(0.96). The one-factor structure was confirmed by the confirmatory factor analysis, which agreed with the original English version of the GQ.
“消失”指的是突然切断与一直保持频繁通信的人的所有联系的行为。这种断绝毫无征兆，也没有可理解的挑衅原因。该术语最常用于线上恋爱关系。“消失”的动机和影响已得到研究，并且已经开发出经过验证的研究问卷；然而，没有适用于乌尔都语使用者的此类问卷。本研究的目的是将“消失问卷（GQ）”改编为适用于巴基斯坦和印度这两个世界人口最多的国家使用——这一过程涉及翻译、改编和验证。
该研究的方法包括使用正向和反向翻译技术将GQ翻译成乌尔都语。收敛效度、重测信度、内部一致性、验证性因素分析和拟合优度都是心理测量分析的组成部分。
GQ的乌尔都语版本显示出良好的内部一致性，克朗巴哈系数和麦克唐纳欧米伽系数均超过0.90。它还显示出较高的重测信度——（0.96）。验证性因素分析证实了单因素结构，这与GQ原来的英语版本一致。
