The investigation of validity and reliability of the School Attachment Questionnaire (SAQ)

Subject Areas : Educational Science

علی Pajhohandeh ¹ , ولی االله Farzad ² , پروین Kadivar ³

1 - دانشجوی دکتری روان شناسی تربیتی-دانشگاه تربیت معلم
2 - استادیار گروه روان شناسی دانشگاه تربیت معلم
3 - استاد گروه روان شناسی دانشگاه تربیت معلم

Received: 2017-01-31 Accepted : 2017-01-31 Published : 2011-06-22

Keywords: Reliability, validity, attachment to school,

Abstract :

This study has investigated the validity and reliability of the SchoolAttachment Questionnaire (SAQ). 380 high school students inMashhad were completed the SAQ. Using Cronbach's Alpha forreliability and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, resultsshowed that, the SAQ has appropriate internal consistency and a rangeof Alpha for the subscales in 0/80 to 0/83. Also, the results ofexploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and the Goodness offitness Indexes, demonstrate the structure of SAQ. So, this instrumentis a good questionnaire for evaluating the student's attachment toschool.