| Development and Validation of the College Life Adjustment Scale for University Freshmen |
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Kwang Hyun Kim, Sung Bae Kang |
| 대학 신입생의 대학생활적응 척도 개발 및 타당화 |
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김광현, 강성배 |
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| Abstract |
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The purpose of this study is to develop the college life adjustment scale, which reflected cultural characteristics of college freshmen education in Korean university and to validate the scale. For these purposes the study first extracted preliminary constructs of college life adaptation by reviewing related research and analyzing existing scales. The college life adjustment scale tool which was constructed by looking into previous studies and going through expert’s content validity test and pilot test was used to collect data from 1,289 university freshmen. The reliability of the final scale was tested using Cronbach’s alpha coefficients and the construct validity was examined through exploratory factor analysis(EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis(CFA). The result of exploratory factor analysis presented the scale of 64 items from 5 construct and 16 factors: academic adjustment(basic learning abilities, self-directed learning, learning management), social adjustment(student-student relationship, professor-student relationship, academic-social activities, social support), environment adjustment(university satisfaction, major satisfaction, home/economic environment), emotional adjustment(self-identity, self-efficacy, self-emotional control ability), and career adjustment(major-desired career match, career decision-making, career preparation behavior). The reliability coefficient of the scale shows high internal consistency coefficient. The fit indices from confirmatory factor analysis also showed the structural goodness of suggested constructs in the scale. The overall analysis confirmed that the college life adjustment prediction tool was congruent. |
| Key Words:
College life adjustment, University freshmen, Scale development |
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