Confirmatory Factor Structure and Psychometric Characteristics of Multidimensional Student Engagement Scale (SES)

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 Ph.D. in Psychology, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

4 Master of Sociology student, Payame Noor University, Hamadan, Iran

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the factor structure and psychometric characteristics of the multidimensional questionnaire of Student engagement. The statistical population of this study consists of all students aged 18 to 30 of Razi University in the first semester of the academic year 1395-1396. The study sample consisted of 230 students who were selected by stratified random sampling method and answered the multidimensional questionnaire of academic enthusiasm, self-efficacy, self-regulatory scale and academic performance and academic procrastination scale (for Concurrent Validity). Reliability was assessed by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Factor analysis and Pearson correlation were used to analyze the data using. The results of factor analysis showed that the questionnaire consists of six saturated factors and appropriate fitness indicators. There was a positive and significant relationship between Student engagement and emotional, social, academic self-efficacy and academic self-regulation. There is also a negative relationship between Student engagement and academic procrastination. In the confirmatory factor analysis, 48 items were confirmed. The Persian version of the Student engagement scale in the student community has acceptable psychometric properties and can be used as a valid tool in psychological researches. This study provides promising evidence for the applicability of the Persian version of the Student engagement scale in the student population.

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