TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring cognitive and psychological engagement
T2 - Validation of the Student Engagement Instrument
AU - Appleton, James J.
AU - Christenson, Sandra L
AU - Kim, Dongjin
AU - Reschly, Amy L.
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - A review of relevant literatures led to the construction of a self-report instrument designed to measure two subtypes of student engagement with school: cognitive and psychological engagement. The psychometric properties of this measure, the Student Engagement Instrument (SEI), were assessed based on responses of an ethnically and economically diverse urban sample of 1931 ninth grade students. Factor structures were obtained using exploratory factor analyses (EFAs) on half of the dataset, with model fit examined using confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) on the other half of the dataset. The model displaying the best empirical fit consisted of six factors, and these factors correlated with expected educational outcomes. Further research is suggested in the iterative process of developing the SEI, and the implications of these findings are discussed.
AB - A review of relevant literatures led to the construction of a self-report instrument designed to measure two subtypes of student engagement with school: cognitive and psychological engagement. The psychometric properties of this measure, the Student Engagement Instrument (SEI), were assessed based on responses of an ethnically and economically diverse urban sample of 1931 ninth grade students. Factor structures were obtained using exploratory factor analyses (EFAs) on half of the dataset, with model fit examined using confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) on the other half of the dataset. The model displaying the best empirical fit consisted of six factors, and these factors correlated with expected educational outcomes. Further research is suggested in the iterative process of developing the SEI, and the implications of these findings are discussed.
KW - Cognitive engagement
KW - Psychological engagement
KW - School engagement
KW - Student engagement with school
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jsp.2006.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jsp.2006.04.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33748431643
SN - 0022-4405
VL - 44
SP - 427
EP - 445
JO - Journal of school psychology
JF - Journal of school psychology
IS - 5
ER -