In recent years, to better face university paths, the first approaches to the labor market, and then the actual university-to-work transition, university students are asked to have broader skills, such as the ability to network, to be involved in career-related issues, and to explore the characteristics of occupations as much as personal ones.…

While the term feedback engagement has become a buzzword in higher education, the constructs of feedback engagement have remained inadequately investigated, and research on the conceptualization and instrumentation of feedback engagement in the literature is limited. This paper presents the development and validation of a feedback engagement scale…

This study employed repeated measures ANOVA to assess the reliability of an instrument designed to measure utilization, awareness, and perception of AI in research among 150 undergraduate students. Validated instruments with robust psychometric properties were used for the study. Data collection occurred in three phases spaced two weeks apart,…

This study aims to conduct validity and reliability of a measurement tool developed to determine university students' levels of digital risk taking. 646 undergraduate students from 8 different universities voluntarily participated in the study. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to reveal the factor structure of the…

A successful teaching-learning process depends heavily on teaching. Wherein the teaching process greatly benefits from the involvement of prospective teachers. They need to approach the teaching with a positive attitude for the teaching-learning process to be effective. Therefore, a reliable instrument is required for assessing the prospective…

The rapid shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to equip future educators with essential skills for an online learning environment. This study aims to address this gap by developing and validating a scale to measure pre-service teacher competency in an online learning context using the scenario method. After a…

This study aims to develop a financial literacy scale that can be used to assess the level of financial literacy among university students and the relevant age group. This study employs quantitative research methods and is a scale development study. The study group consists of 580 students enrolled at a state university during the 2023-2024…

Proactivity about a professional career predicts the employability of students in the job market. Having a scale will facilitate research and intervention using proactive behaviors. The objective of the present study is to adapt the Proactive Career Behavior questionnaire in Spanish distance university students. To that end, the questionnaire is…

Background: Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) are a simulation-based assessment tool used extensively in medical education for evaluating clinical competence. OSCEs are widely regarded as more valid, reliable, and valuable compared to traditional assessment measures, and are now emerging within professional psychology training…

The study took a Rasch measurement theory approach to validating the 10-item Digital Literacy Scale (DLS) using the unidimensional rating scale model (RSM). To that end, the study used the data from a sample of online Turkish university students. The study began the Rasch analysis with all 10 items in the scale and, to improve in the local…

Background: Undergraduate engineering students report increased rates of mental health distress. Evidence suggests that these students experience high stress, which can perpetuate mental health challenges. Further, engineering students may engage in help-seeking and self-care activities more rarely than students in other disciplines. We…

This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties and gather evidence supporting the validity of scores from a traditional Chinese version of the Claremont Purpose Scale (TC-CPS) among Taiwanese adolescents. The TC-CPS, measuring meaningfulness, goal directedness, and beyond-the-self orientation, was administered to 233 high school and 445…

Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the short version of the Spanish Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ-50, Spanish version). Participants: 1513 students from 14 universities in Peru, mainly females (61.5%), aged between 18 and 30 years. Method: Cross-sectional study with the questionnaire administered in person.…

The primary aim of the study is to develop an augmented reality (AR) acceptance scale within the framework of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model to measure individuals' acceptance and use of AR technology. The study was performed with a total of 546 university students with three participant groups in the…

Objective: This study aimed to develop and test a scale for measuring the quality of blended learning models in higher education. Methods: This research adopts a sequential mixed-method approach to construct a new measurement scale. The first phase consisted of the inductive approach to identify the items, followed by exploratory factor analysis.…