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Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the academic help seeking scale in a sample of adults

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    Identificador: imarina:9330025
    Autores:
    Martín-Arbós, SDueñas, JMMorales-Vives, FCastarlenas, E
    Resumen:
    Although academic help-seeking is an important variable in the academic context, as it is related to academic achievement, college adjustment and teacher support, among other variables, no instruments evaluate it in the Spanish adult population. The main goal of the current study was to develop an adaptation of the Academic Help-Seeking Scale for the Spanish adult population with suitable psychometric properties. The sample consisted of 536 adults with an average age of 24.98 (SD = 8.55). The exploratory factor analysis in the first half of the sample suggested that only one factor was underlying the data, and the confirmatory factor analysis in the second half showed that the factor structure replicated in a different sample. The results suggest that this adaptation has appropriate psychometric properties, and adequate reliability and convergent validity. We also found the expected relationships with gender and academic achievement. Therefore, this instrument may be useful for researchers and education professionals who need to assess this behaviour in adults so that they can help them improve their academic performance. The study also contributes to a better understanding of academic help-seeking as an adaptative learning strategy and the variables it is related to.
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    Autor según el artículo: Martín-Arbós, S; Dueñas, JM; Morales-Vives, F; Castarlenas, E
    Departamento: Psicologia
    Autor/es de la URV: Castarlenas Solé, Elena Teresa / Dueñas Rada, Jorge Manuel / Morales Vives, Fàbia
    Palabras clave: Self-regulation School Motivation Goals Gender Factor structure Classroom Behaviors Attitudes Achievement Academic help-seeking Academic help -seeking Academic achievement
    Resumen: Although academic help-seeking is an important variable in the academic context, as it is related to academic achievement, college adjustment and teacher support, among other variables, no instruments evaluate it in the Spanish adult population. The main goal of the current study was to develop an adaptation of the Academic Help-Seeking Scale for the Spanish adult population with suitable psychometric properties. The sample consisted of 536 adults with an average age of 24.98 (SD = 8.55). The exploratory factor analysis in the first half of the sample suggested that only one factor was underlying the data, and the confirmatory factor analysis in the second half showed that the factor structure replicated in a different sample. The results suggest that this adaptation has appropriate psychometric properties, and adequate reliability and convergent validity. We also found the expected relationships with gender and academic achievement. Therefore, this instrument may be useful for researchers and education professionals who need to assess this behaviour in adults so that they can help them improve their academic performance. The study also contributes to a better understanding of academic help-seeking as an adaptative learning strategy and the variables it is related to.
    Áreas temáticas: Multidisciplinary sciences Multidisciplinary Medicina i Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Biotecnología
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Direcció de correo del autor: jorgemanuel.duenas@urv.cat elena.castarlenas@urv.cat fabia.morales@urv.cat
    Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-8954-7947 0000-0003-0383-2526 0000-0002-2095-0244
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-08-03
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023061947
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Heliyon. 9 (8):
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Martín-Arbós, S; Dueñas, JM; Morales-Vives, F; Castarlenas, E (2023). Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the academic help seeking scale in a sample of adults. Heliyon, 9(8), -. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18986
    DOI del artículo: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18986
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2023
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
  • Palabras clave:

    Multidisciplinary,Multidisciplinary Sciences
    Self-regulation
    School
    Motivation
    Goals
    Gender
    Factor structure
    Classroom
    Behaviors
    Attitudes
    Achievement
    Academic help-seeking
    Academic help -seeking
    Academic achievement
    Multidisciplinary sciences
    Multidisciplinary
    Medicina i
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências biológicas i
    Biotecnología
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