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The Study of Psychometric Properties of the Brief School Belongingness Scale

Document Type : Research Paper

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University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the brief school belongingness scale at Iran students sampling. The study was descriptive survey. The study population included all high school students in the second period Parsabad city (Ardabil province) in academic year of 2018, that selected across of there using random cluster sampling 348 finaly scale of 332 was analys abilty. For collective data using from brief school belongingness scale (2016) and brief adolescents’ subjective well-being in school scale (2014). Results confirmatory factor analysis, principle factor brief school belongingness scale, two factor school acceptance and school exclusion determined for brief school belongingness scale. Results pearson correlation coefficients for investigated concurrent validity brief school belongingness scale showed that across of namber at subscales brief school belongingness scale with two component brief adolescents’ subjective well-being in school scale, there is positive and significant correlation. Internal consistency brief school belongingness scale cronbachs alpha coefficients and with correlation coefficients 0/73 to 0/77 confirmatoried. test-retest reliability brief school belongingness Scale and with correlation coefficients 0/67 to 0/76 for total scale and subscales confirmatoried. The results brief school belongingness scale for assessing this construct at Iran students sample from validity and reliability.

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Quarterly of Educational Measurement
Volume 9, Issue 33
October 2018
Pages 175-188
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