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- Title
Diseño, construcción y validación de un instrumento para medir factores de riesgo en estudiantes universitarios de primer ingreso.
- Authors
Paez-Manjarrez, Patricia; Antonio Maldonado-Torres, Francisco; Samaniego-Ojeda, Javier; Alejandro Exzacarias-Martínez, Javier; Karina Imperial-Sosa, Martha; Macías-Villanueva, Azareel Vania
- Abstract
The delimitation of academic risk profiles through the measurement of the factors considered relevant in the study of retention and dropout rates have been a continuous work in higher education institutions. The challenge for the institutions lies in designing appropriate instruments with the definition of constructs based on the wide variety of the student's profiles between regions, even in the same country. This work describes the development and validation of the Psychopedagogical Questionnaire of Academic Background, an instrument to measure general risk factors that can guide in the definition of specific profiles for freshmen students. The screening and validation analysis was performed on a sample of 630 participants from northwestern Mexico. The instrument consists of 84 items that address the following factors: academic, personal and vocational. As evidence of internal consistency, Cronbach's alpha calculated taking all items as a single dimension was 0.84, and the t was 0.88, indicating an adequate internal consistency. The validity evidence was the linear regression models which show that there is an indicative value of retention in its correlation with the personal and vocational area. From the findings, results are observed that indicate a way forward to deepen the measurement of this specific population.
- Subjects
MEXICO; CRONBACH'S alpha; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; EDUCATIONAL background; LEGAL evidence; MEASURING instruments; REGRESSION analysis
- Publication
Revista Complutense de Educación, 2023, Vol 34, Issue 2, p367
- ISSN
1130-2496
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5209/rced.79326