Validacija srpske adaptacije skale reakcija na ispitivanje
Validity of Serbian Adaptation of the Reactions to Tests Scale

Summary/Abstract: Aims of this research were to evaluate construct validity of the Serbian adaptation of Reaction to Tests scale and to assess some psychometric properties of this scale. In addition, a short version of the scale was created, with the idea to correct the bad fit of the original version of the instrument, as well as making the scale more economical for the use. The research sample consisted of 300 conveniently selected students (average age 22.73). The confirmatory factor analysis tested the fit of the two models. The first one had correlated first-order factors, while the second model introduced a second-order factor. The full version of the scale had a bad fit. However, the short version of the scale (with 5 items in each subscale) had an excellent fit for the first model (CFI = .96; RMSEA = .048) and slightly weaker fit of the second model (CFI = .95; RMSEA = .055). The short version of the scale retained satisfactory coefficients of internal consistency (.78 to .91 for subscales and .92 for the full scale). Both the full and short version of the scale showed high convergent validity, through high correlations with the Test Anxiety Inventory. As such, short version of the scale has its use value, both in the research and in the clinical context.

• Details
• Contents