University Student Engagement Inventory (USEI): Transcultural Validity Evidence Across Four Continents

2020
Authors
Assuncao, HugoLin, Su-Wei
Sit, Pou-Seong
Cheung, Kwok-Cheung
Harju-Luukkainen, Heidi

Smith, Thomas
Maloa, Benvindo
Campos, Juliana A. D. B.
Stepanović Ilić, Ivana

Esposito, Giovanna

Francesca, Freda Maria
Maroco, Joao

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Academic engagement describes students' involvement in academic learning and achievement. This paper reports the psychometric properties of the University Student Engagement Inventory (USEI) with a sample of 3992 university students from nine different countries and regions from Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Asia. The USEI operationalizes a trifactorial conceptualization of academic engagement (behavioral, emotional, and cognitive). Construct validity was assessed by means of confirmatory factor analysis and reliability was assessed using Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega coefficients. Weak measurement invariance was observed for country/region, while strong measurement invariance was observed for gender and area of graduation. The USEI scores showed predictive validity for dropout intention, self-rated academic performance, and course approval rate while divergent validity with student burnout scores was also evident. Overall, the results indicate that the USEI can ...produce reliable and valid data on academic engagement of university students across the world.
Keywords:
university / transcultural invariance / student engagement / measurment / confirmatory factor analysisSource:
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020, 10Publisher:
- Frontiers Media Sa, Lausanne
Funding / projects:
- Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology [UID/PSI/04810/2019]
- INCD - FCT [22153-01/SAICT/2016]
- FEDER European Commission [22153-01/SAICT/2016]
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02796
ISSN: 1664-1078
PubMed: 32010005
WoS: 000510692500001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85078963272
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Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Assuncao, Hugo AU - Lin, Su-Wei AU - Sit, Pou-Seong AU - Cheung, Kwok-Cheung AU - Harju-Luukkainen, Heidi AU - Smith, Thomas AU - Maloa, Benvindo AU - Campos, Juliana A. D. B. AU - Stepanović Ilić, Ivana AU - Esposito, Giovanna AU - Francesca, Freda Maria AU - Maroco, Joao PY - 2020 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3177 AB - Academic engagement describes students' involvement in academic learning and achievement. This paper reports the psychometric properties of the University Student Engagement Inventory (USEI) with a sample of 3992 university students from nine different countries and regions from Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Asia. The USEI operationalizes a trifactorial conceptualization of academic engagement (behavioral, emotional, and cognitive). Construct validity was assessed by means of confirmatory factor analysis and reliability was assessed using Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega coefficients. Weak measurement invariance was observed for country/region, while strong measurement invariance was observed for gender and area of graduation. The USEI scores showed predictive validity for dropout intention, self-rated academic performance, and course approval rate while divergent validity with student burnout scores was also evident. Overall, the results indicate that the USEI can produce reliable and valid data on academic engagement of university students across the world. PB - Frontiers Media Sa, Lausanne T2 - Frontiers in Psychology T1 - University Student Engagement Inventory (USEI): Transcultural Validity Evidence Across Four Continents VL - 10 DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02796 ER -
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Assuncao, H., Lin, S., Sit, P., Cheung, K., Harju-Luukkainen, H., Smith, T., Maloa, B., Campos, J. A. D. B., Stepanović Ilić, I., Esposito, G., Francesca, F. M.,& Maroco, J.. (2020). University Student Engagement Inventory (USEI): Transcultural Validity Evidence Across Four Continents. in Frontiers in Psychology Frontiers Media Sa, Lausanne., 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02796
Assuncao H, Lin S, Sit P, Cheung K, Harju-Luukkainen H, Smith T, Maloa B, Campos JADB, Stepanović Ilić I, Esposito G, Francesca FM, Maroco J. University Student Engagement Inventory (USEI): Transcultural Validity Evidence Across Four Continents. in Frontiers in Psychology. 2020;10. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02796 .
Assuncao, Hugo, Lin, Su-Wei, Sit, Pou-Seong, Cheung, Kwok-Cheung, Harju-Luukkainen, Heidi, Smith, Thomas, Maloa, Benvindo, Campos, Juliana A. D. B., Stepanović Ilić, Ivana, Esposito, Giovanna, Francesca, Freda Maria, Maroco, Joao, "University Student Engagement Inventory (USEI): Transcultural Validity Evidence Across Four Continents" in Frontiers in Psychology, 10 (2020), https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02796 . .