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Examination of the Latent Structure of the Psychological Sense of School Membership Scale

Author(s) -

Sukkyung You,

Kristin Ritchey,

Michael J. Furlong,

Ian M. Shochet,

Peter Boman

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of psychoeducational assessment

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631

H-Index - 48

eISSN - 1557-5144

pISSN - 0734-2829

DOI - 10.1177/0734282910379968

Subject(s) - psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , scale (ratio) , exploratory factor analysis , sample (material) , perception , measurement invariance , developmental psychology , structural equation modeling , social psychology , psychometrics , clinical psychology , neuroscience , statistics , physics , chemistry , mathematics , chromatography , quantum mechanics

Despite its widespread use, there has been limited examination of the underlying factor structure of the Psychological Sense of School Membership (PSSM) scale. The current study examined the psychometric properties of the PSSM to refine its utility for researchers and practitioners using a sample of 504 Australian high school students. Results from exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the PSSM is a multidimensional instrument. Factor analysis procedures identified three factors representing related aspects of students’ perceptions of their school membership: caring relationships, acceptance, and rejectio

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