Confirmatory Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of Student School Dropout Scale (SDS)

Subject Areas : Educational Psychology

mahbnoobeh moosivand ¹ , mohamamdjavad bagiyankolehmarz ² , moslem ghobadiyan ³ , maryam haghani ⁴

1 - Assistant Professor, Women's Research Center, AlZahra University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Ph. D. in General Psychology, Razi University Kermanshah, Kermanshah, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Master of Clinical Psychology, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2022-04-16 Accepted : 2022-07-27 Published : 2022-05-22

Keywords: Students, confirmatory factor analysis, Drop-out risk questionnaire,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to determine the factor structure and psychometric properties of the dropout risk questionnaire during the Covid-19 epidemic. The research was conducted in the form of a correlational research project. The statistical population of this study consists of all high school students in Lorestan province in the second semester of the academic year 1399-1400. The sample of this study was 400 high school students in Lorestan province who were selected by cluster sampling method and answered the questionnaire on dropout risk, learning self-direction, and academic procrastination (for divergent validity). For data analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha coefficient, and Pearson correlation were used using SPSS-26 and AMOS-24 software. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the questionnaire has ten saturated factors and has good fit indicators. In confirmatory factor analysis, out of 48 items of the questionnaire, 45 items were approved. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for each of the subscales of school life satisfaction was 0.86, smartphone dependence 0.83, interest in learning 0.89, school stress 0.82, attitude towards academic life 0.73, relationships with peers, 0.72, parental apathy 0.87, academic achievement anxiety 0.78, life satisfaction 0.87 and will to graduate 0.71 were found to be at an acceptable level. The Persian version of the student risk dropout questionnaire in the student community has acceptable psychometric properties and can be used as a valid tool in psychological research

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