Course Dropout Intention Scale: Development and Validation of a New Brief Measure in Academic College Context
Daniel E. Yupanqui-Lorenzo
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Lizbeth Angela Jara-Osorio
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Carlos Carbajal-León
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Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez
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Manuel Antonio Cardoza Sernaqué
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Kerly Stefanny Duran Quispe
University students may encounter situations where they perform poorly in a course and contemplate dropping out. This intention to drop out of a cours.
- Pub. date: January 15, 2024
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University students may encounter situations where they perform poorly in a course and contemplate dropping out. This intention to drop out of a course manifests not only in thoughts or ideas but also in a cognitive self-evaluation of their performance and skills, enabling them to reflect on the possibility of dropping out. In this sense, there is a shortage of instruments that evaluate the intention to drop out of a course, so the aim was to develop and validate the Course Dropout Intention Scale (CDIS). Data from two samples (N1 = 198; N2 = 675) were used; the first was for the EFA, and the second was for the CFA, GRM, and SEM. The one-factor model was derived from the EFA and confirmed in the second sample, exhibiting appropriate goodness-of-fit indices. Similarly, the GRM obtained adequate fit indices; all items discriminated adequately, and the difficulty parameter had a monotonic increase. The SEM model of the effect of satisfaction with studies on the CDIS showed a negative and statistically significant effect. Thus, it was demonstrated that the CDIS is a robust instrument in its psychometric properties and empirical evidence with other variables.
Keywords: Brief measure, college student, course dropout, dropout intention, dropout studies.
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