Open AccessDesign and validation of an evaluation instrument that assesses the pro-environmental behavior of Mexican university students
Author(s) -
Mirella Saldaña Almazán,
Katya Aimeé Carrasco-Urrutia,
María Laura Sampedro Rosas,
José Luís Rosas-Acevedo,
Ana Laura Juárez-López
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta universitaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2007-9621
pISSN - 0188-6266
DOI - 10.15174/au.2021.3026
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , reliability (semiconductor) , content validity , psychology , applied psychology , comprehension , medical education , validity , research design , computer science , psychometrics , medicine , clinical psychology , mathematics , statistics , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
The purpose of this research was to design and validate a research instrument that delimits the degree of proenvironmental behavior (CPA). For the design and validation, the instrument was subjected to a review with specialists in the area. Subsequently, it was applied to the student community of the Autonomous University of Guerrero (UAGro). To define the adequacy and reliability of the items, along with their comprehension, was applied to a pilot group of 76 students. During the first review, the research instrument was approved by 15 experts, who also made suggestions. The reviewers endorsed the validity of the items’ content, and an optimum reliability score was obtained (Cronbach's alpha: 0.778). It is concluded that the evaluation instrument is valid in content, reliable, and accessible to monitor and evaluate the pro-environmental behavior in students.