An Independent Investigation of the Validity of the School Attitude Assessment Survey-Revised

Autor/inn/en	Suldo, Shannon M.; Shaffer, Emily J.; Shaunessy, Elizabeth
Titel	An Independent Investigation of the Validity of the School Attitude Assessment Survey-Revised
Quelle	In: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 26 (2008) 1, S.69-82 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0734-2829
DOI	10.1177/0734282907303089
Schlagwörter	Attitude Measures; Student Attitudes; School Attitudes; Validity; Factor Analysis; Psychometrics; High School Students; Student Behavior; Academic Achievement; Self Concept; Student Motivation; Self Management; Goal Orientation; Educational Environment; General Education; College Preparation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Gültigkeit; Faktorenanalyse; Psychometry; Psychometrie; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Student behaviour; Schulleistung; Selbstkonzept; Schulische Motivation; Selbstmanagement; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung
Abstract	The psychometric properties of the School Attitude Assessment Survey-Revised (SAAS-R) are examined in a sample of 321 high school students. Students completed the SAAS-R along with measures of school climate, academic self-efficacy, and school satisfaction; school-related behaviors (i.e., attendance and discipline referrals) and academic achievement (i.e., grade point averages) were obtained from school records. Factor analysis procedures support the existence of five factors representing students' academic self-perceptions, attitudes toward teachers, attitudes toward school, motivation and self-regulation, and goal valuation. Criterion-related validity is supported by mean differences on the SAAS-R between groups of students with varying levels of achievement. Convergent validity is supported through correlations in the expected directions between the SAAS-R factors and students' related beliefs about school and indicators of school behavior. Results support the validity of the SAAS-R for use with high school students in general education and college preparatory curriculum programs. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10