Development and validation of academic boredom questionnaire in medical and paramedical students
Subject Areas : Education
Seyyed Mehdi Sarkeshikiyan
1
,
anis khoshlahjeh sedgh
2
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,
marzieh yari zanganeh,
3
1 - PhD in Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Roudhen Branch, Roudhen. Iran
2 - Departmen of health & Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Qom Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran
3 - Department of Information Science and Epistemology. Marvdasht unit. Islamic Azad University, Marodasht, Iran
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Abstract :
Introduction: The current research was developed with the aim of developing and validating an academic boredom questionnaire in medical and paramedical students to be a suitable, reliable and accurate tool for measurement.. Research Methodology: The research method was applied, and test-based. The statistical population of the research was made up of all the students of the Islamic Azad University of Qom Medical Sciences Branch who were studying in the academic year of 2022-2023, and their number was 2055. The statistical sample includes 452 students who were included in the research through available sampling. After examining the theories related to academic boredom, a questionnaire was designed. The designed version was given to 20 experts in the fields of education, training and psychology, and after receiving the corrections, the final version was prepared. Data were analyzed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha . Findings: In the exploratory factor analysis, four components that had an eigenvalue greater than 1 accounted for 80.493% of the total variance. Also, the scree plot supported the structure of the questionnaire. In the confirmatory factor analysis, all the factor loadings were significant and there were also good fit indices. To obtain the content validity of the questionnaire, 20 experts in educational, educational and psychological fields were consulted and its validity was confirmed. The reliability of the test was also estimated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient formula which was 0.981 for the overall score of the questionnaire.