en ● Health Education مقاله اصيل پژوهشي Orginal Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="line-height:2;"><strong>Background</strong>: Self-care is an important principle in contemporary society, emphasizing the active role of individuals in maintaining their health. This study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the self-care activities screening scale (SASS-14) during stressful experiences.<br> <strong>Methods</strong>: First, the SASS-14 was translated into Persian from its original version. Then, a convenient sampling of 400 Iranian people from March to November 2021 completed the online Persian questionnaire. The construct validity was evaluated via explanatory factor analyses and confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The convergent validity was evaluated using Spearman correlation coefficients between the SASS-14 and the satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) and the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). Reliability was assessed through internal consistency and the test-retest intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC).<br> <strong>Results</strong>: The findings of this study indicate that the Persian version of the SASS-14 possesses adequate content and construct validity for use in Iranian society, similar to the original scale. All questionnaire items obtained content validity ratio (CVR) scores greater than 0.62; only two items required revision based on their content validity index (CVI) value. The CFA results confirmed the structure of the four-factor model with 14 items, and the model fit indices demonstrated sufficient consistency with the data.<br> <strong>Conclusion</strong>: The study results indicate that the Persian SASS-14 scale exhibits good reliability and validity. This scale is useful for assessing self-care activities among the Iranian population during stressful experiences, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.</span></span></span></div> Validation, Psychometrics, Self-care activities screening scale (SASS)-14, Iran, Stressful experiences 139 148 http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2626-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Rasol Rahmani rasolrahmani2020@yahoo.com 100319475328460045146 100319475328460045146 No Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Fatemeh Yaghoobi Moghaddam F.yaghoobi.m@gmail.com 100319475328460045147 100319475328460045147 No Department of Midwifery, Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran. Fatemeh Mohammadzadeh fmhz.uni@gmail.com 100319475328460045148 100319475328460045148 No Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, School of Health, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran. Morteza Rostamian m.rostamian.edu@gmail.com 100319475328460045149 100319475328460045149 Yes Department of English, Reproductive Health and Population Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.