Validation of the Arabic Version of the Transition Planning Inventory (TPI-AR)

Ghaleb H Alnahdi; Arwa Alwadei

doi:10.3390/ijerph20021135

Validation of the Arabic Version of the Transition Planning Inventory (TPI-AR)

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 9;20(2):1135. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20021135.

Authors

Ghaleb H Alnahdi¹, Arwa Alwadei¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Special Education, College of Education, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

The Transition Planning Inventory (TPI) is an important tool for planning the transition to life after school for students with disabilities. While interest in transition services has increased in the last decade in the Arab region, no transition assessment tools validated for the Arab population are currently available. This study is the first to validate an Arabic version (TPI-AR) for all three rating forms (student, home, and school) and examine its psychometric properties. The sample comprised 203 students with disabilities, a member of their family, and one of their teachers. The 11 subscales of TPI-AR for all three forms were found reliable and valid to be used with students with disabilities in Saudi Arabia, particularly in middle and high schools.

Keywords: arabic TPI; confirmatory factor analysis; psychometric properties; students with disabilities; transition planning; transition planning inventory.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Arabs*
Humans
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Saudi Arabia
Surveys and Questionnaires

Grants and funding

This study is supported via funding from Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University project number (PSAU/2023/R/1444).