Abstract

CRIOLLO, Marco  and  RECIO, Patricia. The assessment of obstacles to research by college students: building a scale. Acción psicol. [online]. 2020, vol.17, n.1, pp.29-42.  Epub July 25, 2022. ISSN 2255-1271.  https://dx.doi.org/10.5944/ap.17.1.27787.

Conducting scientific research is complex for some university students. For this reason, the objective was to create a scale that measures the obstacles to investigate. 650 students who were doing their Final Degree Works at the Universidad Técnica de Machala-Ecuador participated. An initial group of 32 items was developed based on previous literature. Based on the results of the content validation, 7 items were eliminated. The results of the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory (CFA) reveal that the items are structured in a bifactorial model of 24 items. Regarding reliability, the scale showed a Cronbach's alpha and an Omega coefficient of 0.92, indicating high internal consistency. It is concluded that the scale presents adequate psychometric properties to measure the obstacles to investigate in university students.

Keywords : obstacle; inexperience; indifference; insecurity; reliability.

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