Investigating psychometric characteristics of school attachment questionnaire

Subject Areas : Educational Science

ali pezhohandeh ¹ , valiallah farzad ² , parvin kadivar ³

1 - دانش آموخته دکتری روان شناسی تربیتی-دانشگاه تربیت معلم
2 - دانشیار گروه روان شناسی دانشگاه تربیت معلم
3 - دانشیار گروه روان شناسی دانشگاه تربیت معلم

Received: 2012-11-27 Accepted : 2013-04-27 Published : 2012-12-21

Keywords: factor analysis, validity, attachment questionnaire, reliability  ,

Abstract :

The present study tries to investigate psychometric characteristics of attachment to school questionnaire. To do this, a random sample of 380 high school students, both female and male, was selected. Cronbach alpha  was used to determine the reliability and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were carried out to determine the validity. The results show that the questionnaires has an acceptable internal consistency, the same as Mouton, et al.(1996). Factor analysis results also show that the questionnaire has fitting with the data. All Goodness of Fit Indices confirm the model. The questionnaire is consequently an effective instrument to study attachment to school.