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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 Koc
In 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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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

ISSN

0147-1767

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Elsevier

Volume

54

Page range

68-76

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  • Psychology Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-07-25

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-07-23

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-07-22

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