KAPIKIRAN, Şahin Pamukkale Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü, Turkey

Parent Academic Achıevement Pressure and Support Scale PsychometricAssessment and Construct Validity: Amongst Secondary School and High School Students

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A number of parents can provide support to their children for a better education whereas some parents may hold the opinion that the best way for their children to receive a better training is through pressure. Present research aims to develop a measurement scale to determine the negative and positive results likely to occur in case of parents’ selection of either choice. To that end, two different studies have been conducted. In the first study, the number of participants is 536 and in the second study 529 secondary school and high school students. Research data have been compiled from secondary and high schools in Denizli. In the first study, the factor structure and internal consistency was examined. In the second study, component and distinctive validity were tested. In the study, grade averages students motivated strategies for learning questionnaire for intrinsic motivation and test anxiety scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, The Goal Orientation Scale are used. As a result, Parents’ Academic Achievement Pressure And Support Scale (PAAPSS) is found to be a valid and reliable scale for both middle school and high school students

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Parent academic achievement pressure , parent academic achievement support , scale , validity , realibilty

ege journal of education

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