Psychometric properties of the spanish version of the civic behavior scale Academic Article

journal

  • Espacios

abstract

  • The purpose of this study is to present the psychometric properties of a Spanish version of the Civic Behavior Scale (CBS) a new instrument developed by the authors that measure the perceived civic behaviors of faculty members and white-collar workers in a Higher Education Institution. For this purpose, 538 students of a University in Ecuador responded to CBS. Confirmatory factor analysis using structural equation modeling revealed that the questionnaire shows a high reliability (a=0.95) and convergent and discriminant validity and that can be used by researchers and practitioners to assess civic behaviors in educational institutions. Other results, contributions and limitations of the present study are discussed.

publication date

  • 2017-2-21

edition

  • 38

keywords

  • Confirmatory Factor Analysis
  • Convergent Validity
  • Discriminant Validity
  • Ecuador
  • Education
  • Educational Institutions
  • Factor analysis
  • Higher Education Institutions
  • Psychometrics
  • Questionnaire
  • Structural Equation Modeling
  • Students
  • White-collar Workers

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0798-1015

number of pages

  • 13

start page

  • 24

end page

  • 37