Content Validity Assessment of the "Personal Self-Transfor­mation Potential" Questionnaire Using the CVI Method

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the results of the adaptation and content validation of the Armenian version of the "Potential for Personal Self-Transformation" questionnaire, with the aim of creating an instrument to study its impact on career change in Armenia. The questionnaire is designed to assess key components such as the need for change, conscious self-transformation ability, personal resources, and belief in the possibility of self-change. The linguistic adaptation of the questionnaire was carried out using the back-translation procedure, ensuring conceptual and semantic equivalence with the original. The study involved 9 experts from the field of psychology (university lecturers and researchers), based on whose ratings a mixed-methods analysis was conducted, combining quantitative (Content Validity Index - CVI) calculation and qualitative analysis of the experts' comments. As a result of the analysis, based on the I-CVI scores (acceptable threshold ≥ 0.78) and qualitative feedback, a final 23-item version of the questionnaire was formed from the initial 24 items. The overall content validity index of the scale (S-CVI/Ave) was 0.90, which is considered an excellent score. The findings suggest that the instrument can be effectively utilized both for research purposes and in career counseling and Human Resource Management (HRM) to assess personal resources. The adapted version possesses high content validity and serves as a reliable basis for future psychometric studies, including reliability testing and construct validation.