Suggestibility Among the Indian Youth – A Validation Study of Multidimensional Iowa Suggestibility Scale

• Authors: Sanchi Pawankumar Agarwal , Gautam Gawali , Deepti Puranik

Abstracts

EN

Suggestibility is one of the personality traits. The ability to accept signals from oneself, another person, or any type of media without feeling obligated to do so, including messages concerning physiological feelings, is referred to as suggestibility. It varies from compliance in that it requires the internalisation of a message rather than just a behavioural change. The study aims to validate the Multidimensional Iowa suggestibility Scale (MISS) developed by Dr Roman Kotov on Indian youth for future use and application. The study’s hypothesis is that the scale will be highly reliable and valid for the Indian population. The original scale established by Dr Roman Kotov consisted of 95 items to be responded to by choosing the appropriate option from five given, which was given to an Indian sample of 510 individuals. The scale includes five suggestibility subscales and two companion scales. To check the validity, inter-scale correlation and reliability was performed. The results have been positive, with high correlations among the subscales, which suggests further future use. MISS, consisting of five subscales of suggestibility and a Short Suggestibility Scale, has been validated and can be used on the Indian population.

Keywords

EN

suggestibility; validation; MISS; personality

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 75
• Pages: 78-85

Dates

published

2024

Contributors

author

Sanchi Pawankumar Agarwal

• Amity University, Panvel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• https://orcid.org/0000000190832473

author

Gautam Gawali

• Amity University, Panvel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

author

Deepti Puranik

• NMIMS- Deemed-to-be-University, Mumbai, India

• https://orcid.org/0000000226288386

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.2024.75.1.06

Biblioteka Nauki

29520509