1. Regional differences in field dependent-independent cognitive styles in Saudi Arabia.
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Alotaibi AS
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- Adult, Humans, Female, Male, Saudi Arabia epidemiology, Reproducibility of Results, Surveys and Questionnaires, Psychometrics, Cognition
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Backgrounds: The primary aim of this study was two-fold: to assess the reliability of the Leuven Embedded Figure Test (L-EFT) in Saudi Arabia (Study 1), and to explore regional differences in independent-interdependent cognitive styles among adults in various regions of Saudi Arabia (Study 2)., Method: Both Study-1 and Study-2 were structured cross-sectionally. Study 1 involved 360 participants (97 % female) with a median age of 22.51 ± 3.45. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire and the L-EFT task. The mean response time for accurate responses, speed-accuracy trade-off, Cronbach's alpha reliability, Guttman split-half coefficient, and 2 × 2 ANOVA (to examine the influence of specialty and age) were evaluated using SPSS 24. In Study 2, the authors compared these evaluations between residents of Riyadh (60 participants) and Al-Kharj (60 participants) in Saudi Arabia., Results: In Study-1, the L-EFT demonstrated satisfactory psychometric properties (α = 0.79, Guttman-split-half = 0.72), with item-test correlations for all items exceeding 0.15. Study-1 found no significant impact of academic specialty on mean response time, regardless of their major (scientific studies:M = 6.68, SD = 2.54) humanities:M = 6.81, SD = 2.11). In Study 2, no significant differences were observed in mean response times between individuals residing in Riyadh and those in Al-Kharj [t(112) = 1.68, p = 0.09, 95 % CI (-0.06, 0.73)]., Conclusion: The scale demonstrates suitability for use in the Saudi Arabian population. However, further research is needed to compare L-EFT scores across different cultures. Moreover, future studies could also explore the influence of various socio-cultural factors on field-dependent-independent cognitive styles., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
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- 2024
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