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Measuring school engagement: a longitudinal evaluation of the School Liking and Avoidance Questionnaire from kindergarten through sixth grade

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Few measurement tools provide reliable, valid data on both children's emotional and behavioral engagement in school. The School Liking and Avoidance Questionnaire (SLAQ) is one such self-report measure developed to evaluate a child's degree of engagement in the school setting as it is manifest in a child's school liking and school avoidance. This study evaluated the SLAQ's dimensionality, reliability, and validity. Data were gathered on children from kindergarten through 6th grade (n=396). Participants reported on their school liking and avoidance in the spring of each school year. Scores consistently represented two distinct, yet related subscales (i.e., school liking and school avoidance) that were reliable and stable over time. Validation analyses provided some corroboration of the construct validity of the SLAQ subscales, but evidence of predictive validity was inconsistent with the hypothesized relations (i.e., early report of school liking and school avoidance did not predict later achievement outcomes). In sum, the findings from this study provide some support for the dimensionality, reliability, and validity of the SLAQ and suggest that it can be used for the assessment of young children's behavioral and emotional engagement in school.

Date Created
2011
Contributors
  • Smith, Jillian (Author)
  • Ladd, Gary W. (Thesis advisor)
  • Ladd, Becky (Committee member)
  • Thompson, Marilyn (Committee member)
  • Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
  • Social Sciences Education
  • Educational tests and measurements
  • psychology
  • school avoidance
  • school engagement
  • school liking
  • Motivation in education--United States--Longitudinal studies.
  • Motivation in education
  • School children--United States--Attitudes--Longitudinal studies.
  • School children
  • Educational tests and measurements--United States--Evaluation--Longitudinal studies.
  • Educational tests and measurements
Resource Type
Text
Genre
Masters Thesis
Academic theses
Extent
vi, 60 p. : 1 ill
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.9309
Statement of Responsibility
by Jillian Smith
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2011
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-44)
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Family and human development
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  • 2011-08-12 04:52:04
System Modified
  • 2021-08-30 01:52:04
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  • 1 year 9 months ago
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  • MODS XML

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