Development and Validation of Reasons for Online Truancy Scale for University Students

Abstract

The present study aimed to develop a culturally relevant scale to assess the online truancy among university students. Purposive sample of 350 university students was taken including males (n=152) and females (n=198) with age range 19 to 28 years. Scale development process consist of four steps that are, item pool generation, items evaluation and establishing face validity, tryout and Exploratory Factor Analysis with Varimax Rotation was used on the sample of university students to analyze the items and form a factorial structure. Exploratory Factor Analysis yielded 6 factors based on six distinct domains. Significant item-to total correlations were found, psychometric properties of the scale were also established and validation analysis revealed convergent and divergent validity of the scale. Future implications of the research in educational field have also discussed.