ERIC Number: EJ1459755
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-0100
EISSN: EISSN-2076-3433
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Developing Educational Communicative Effectiveness of a Peer Relationship Scale
South African Journal of Education, v44 n4 Article 2543 2024
In reviewing existing literature, scales that deal with peer relations' communicative effectiveness dimension within an educational context were not found. The purpose with this research was to develop a scale for communicative effectiveness of peer relationships for students. A total of 670 students from public/private high schools in Northern Cyprus were selected for this purpose. Using the high school education system in Northern Cyprus, results of scale validity and construct validity tests successfully validated the instrument for "communicative effectiveness of friend relationships." Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.835 confirmed the validity and reliability of the instrument used in the study. From the results of the exploratory factor analysis, this research provides an instrument with 10 different dimensions to predict the educational communication effectiveness of students. The study validated and loaded 10 of the 42 items. As a result, the findings demonstrate that the peer interaction scale developed in this study was appropriate for gauging high school students' overall communicative effectiveness.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Peer Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship, High School Students, Construct Validity, Friendship, Test Reliability, Interaction, Communication Skills, Program Effectiveness
Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Cyprus
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