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The academic adjustment scale: measuring the adjustment of permanent resident or sojourner students
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posted on 2023-06-09, 02:12 authored by Joel R Anderson, Yao Guan, Yasin KocIn this paper we developed and validated the Academic Adjustment Scale (AAS) – a new scale for measuring academic adjustment, which was developed with a focus on student sojourners who temporarily relocate to a new culture for the purpose of tertiary education, but also is validated for use with local students. Exploratory factor analysis (Study 1) demonstrated that the AAS comprises 9-items that highly and accurately factor onto the three hypothesized subscales: academic lifestyle, academic achievement, and academic motivation. We controlled for acquiescent response styles, and then verified the structure using Confirmatory Factor Analyses (Studies 1–2). Evidence of the validity (convergent, discriminant, criterion, known-groups, and face validities; Study 2), and evidence of reliability (internal consistency: Studies 1–3; test-retest reliability: Study 3) suggest stable psychometric properties for this new measure. In summary, we provide evidence for the validity and reliability of the AAS in permanent resident and student sojourner samples, and present self-report findings.
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International Journal of Intercultural RelationsISSN
0147-1767Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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54Page range
68-76Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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2016-07-25First Open Access (FOA) Date
2018-07-23First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2016-07-22Usage metrics
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