Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Arabic version of the Stages of Concerns (SoC) questionnaire for measuring teachers' concerns regarding the adoption of educational technologies

Zied Trabelsi; Abdelmajid Naceur

doi:10.34056/aujef.1705712

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Arabic version of the Stages of Concerns (SoC) questionnaire for measuring teachers' concerns regarding the adoption of educational technologies

Abstract

Our study aimed to translate the Stages of Concerns (SoC) questionnaire into Arabic and culturally adapt it for measuring the concerns of Tunisian in-service primary teachers about the adoption of educational technologies, and to validate this version by exploring its psychometric properties. For cross-cultural adaptation, we adopt the ITC guidelines for translating and adapting tests by the International Test Commission (2017). A total of 1.110 teachers from various public schools participated in the study. The five-dimensional alpha coefficients of the SoC indicate an excellent internal consistency, respectively, of 0.801 (Awareness), 0.909 (Informational/Personal), 0.834 (Management), 0.882 (Consequence/Collaboration), and 0.928 (Refocusing). The final Arabic version of the SoC questionnaire shows excellent CFA fit indices (χ2⁄df=2.523, AGFI=0.950, CFI=0.984, RMSEA=0.037, SRMR=0.0367), demonstrating the robustness and the construct validity of the survey. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA) results confirmed configurational, metric, and scalar invariance based on the amount of gender and seniority. We conclude that the Arabic version of the SoC questionnaire is reliable and is equally applicable to different subgroups within the Tunisian primary teacher population.

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This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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1

Ethical Statement

All participants in our study were volunteers, participating anonymously and confidentially. Before conducting the questionnaire, we obtained permission from the authors of the original questionnaire and from the Tunisia Education Department. The study protocol was in-depth reviewed and received full approval from the ethical committee of the ECOTIDI research unit, Tunis, Tunisia.

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English

Subjects

Cross-Cultural Scale Adaptation, Educational Technology and Computing

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Zied Trabelsi ^*
0000-0002-0145-4480
Tunisia

Abdelmajid Naceur
0000-0002-0170-3977
Tunisia

Early Pub Date

August 8, 2025

Publication Date

September 11, 2025

Submission Date

May 26, 2025

Acceptance Date

July 26, 2025

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Year 2025 Volume: 9 Number: 3

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https://doi.org/10.34056/aujef.1705712

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Trabelsi, Z., & Naceur, A. (2025). Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Arabic version of the Stages of Concerns (SoC) questionnaire for measuring teachers’ concerns regarding the adoption of educational technologies. Anadolu University Journal of Education Faculty, 9(3), 195-210. https://doi.org/10.34056/aujef.1705712

AMA

1.Trabelsi Z, Naceur A. Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Arabic version of the Stages of Concerns (SoC) questionnaire for measuring teachers’ concerns regarding the adoption of educational technologies. AUJEF. 2025;9(3):195-210. doi:10.34056/aujef.1705712

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Trabelsi, Zied, and Abdelmajid Naceur. 2025. “Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Arabic Version of the Stages of Concerns (SoC) Questionnaire for Measuring Teachers’ Concerns Regarding the Adoption of Educational Technologies”. Anadolu University Journal of Education Faculty 9 (3): 195-210. https://doi.org/10.34056/aujef.1705712.

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Trabelsi Z, Naceur A (September 1, 2025) Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Arabic version of the Stages of Concerns (SoC) questionnaire for measuring teachers’ concerns regarding the adoption of educational technologies. Anadolu University Journal of Education Faculty 9 3 195–210.

IEEE

[1]Z. Trabelsi and A. Naceur, “Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Arabic version of the Stages of Concerns (SoC) questionnaire for measuring teachers’ concerns regarding the adoption of educational technologies”, AUJEF, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 195–210, Sept. 2025, doi: 10.34056/aujef.1705712.

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Trabelsi, Zied - Naceur, Abdelmajid. “Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Arabic Version of the Stages of Concerns (SoC) Questionnaire for Measuring Teachers’ Concerns Regarding the Adoption of Educational Technologies”. Anadolu University Journal of Education Faculty 9/3 (September 1, 2025): 195-210. https://doi.org/10.34056/aujef.1705712.

JAMA

1.Trabelsi Z, Naceur A. Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Arabic version of the Stages of Concerns (SoC) questionnaire for measuring teachers’ concerns regarding the adoption of educational technologies. AUJEF. 2025;9:195–210.

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Trabelsi, Zied, and Abdelmajid Naceur. “Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Arabic Version of the Stages of Concerns (SoC) Questionnaire for Measuring Teachers’ Concerns Regarding the Adoption of Educational Technologies”. Anadolu University Journal of Education Faculty, vol. 9, no. 3, Sept. 2025, pp. 195-10, doi:10.34056/aujef.1705712.

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1.Zied Trabelsi, Abdelmajid Naceur. Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Arabic version of the Stages of Concerns (SoC) questionnaire for measuring teachers’ concerns regarding the adoption of educational technologies. AUJEF. 2025 Sep. 1;9(3):195-210. doi:10.34056/aujef.1705712