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- Title
Assessing class cohesion in primary and secondary education: Development and preliminary validation of the class cohesion questionnaire (CCQ).
- Authors
Leo, Francisco M.; Fernández-Río, Javier; Pulido, Juan J.; Rodríguez-González, Pablo; López-Gajardo, Miguel A.
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to develop and validate a psychometrically-sound instrument to assess students' perceptions about class cohesion. Two studies were conducted. In Study 1, four steps were established: (1) development of the Class Cohesion Questionnaire (CCQ); (2) item selection; (3) item compression; and (4) exploration of psychometric properties. In Study 2, participants were 1504 students from 21 primary and secondary schools. The aim was to confirm the psychometric properties and to create a short version of the instrument (CCQ-SF). In Study 1, the CCQ showed adequate content and construct validity, with a factorial structure of two first-order factors (task cohesion and social cohesion), and adequate internal consistency. In Study 2, the CCQ and CCQ-SF confirmed adequate factorial structure and reliability, discriminant and nomological validity, and showed invariance by sex and educational stage. The CCQ and the CCQ-SF are valid and reliable instruments to measure class cohesion in educational settings.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY of students; PRIMARY education; SECONDARY education; COHESION; FACTOR structure
- Publication
Social Psychology of Education, 2023, Vol 26, Issue 1, p141
- ISSN
1381-2890
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11218-022-09738-y