Factorial Structure and Psychometric Properties of The Arabic version of Hajj Crowd Behavior (HBC)

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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Humanities ,King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah

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Understanding crowd behavior during Hajj is the first step for effective management and safety of pilgrims. Within the framework of these efforts, the current study aimed to verify the factorial structure, validity, and reliability of the Arabic version of Hajj Crowd Behavior (HBC)(Abdul Rahman et al., 2017). The scale was applied to a sample of 1550 Saudi citizens and Arab residents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia who were of various ages. Around 1086 of participants were females and 464 were males. To assess the psychometric properties of the scale, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), Cronbach's alpha coefficient, McDonald's Omega coefficient, and the half-shaft stability coefficient were used. The confirmatory factor analysis supported the model assumed by the authors, and the results showed good stability of the scale, its fields and dimensions, as the stability coefficients ranged between 0.71 and0.98. Further, all 52 items were retained, as they were found in the current study to be very suitable for measuring the behavior of Hajj pilgrims in the Arab environment. It is envisaged that the measure of Hajj crowd behavior will facilitate research in this field.

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