Measuring content validity of academic psychological capital and locus of control in fresh graduates

Abstract

Positive psychological capital (PsyCap; hope, resilience, self-efficacy, and optimism) and locus of control (LoC; internal and external) denote psychological dimensions which have been identified as crucial resources for occupational satisfaction and success. These dimensions could impact fresh graduates’ ability to stand the labour market in times of crisis. Two instruments, called Academic PsyCap and Academic LoC, have been specifically developed to evaluate these dimensions among fresh graduates. The two instruments consist of 34 and 10 items respectively, which have been selected, through factor analyses, from a large initial pool of items administered to fresh graduated at the University of Padova. Results suggested adequate psychometric properties for both Academic PsyCap and Academic LoC. The factor structure of the two instruments was confirmed (CFI = .92, RMSEA = .07, SRMR = .07 for Academic PsyCap; CFI = .96, RMSEA = .05, SRMR = .05 for Academic LoC), and internal consistency was satisfactory for all the subscales. The two instruments are presented, and their psychometric properties are described.

<p>A bifactor-based Academic PsyCap Questionnaire for students and fresh graduates</p>

“…The original pool of 37 items of the APCQ (Anselmi, Colledani, Fabbris, et al, 2021) was administered to all participants. Among these items, 11 were intended to measure resilience (e.g., "I always try to give my best in all the things I do without getting discouraged in the face of obstacles"), 9 self-efficacy (e.g., "I have the resources to handle even unforeseen situations"), 9 optimism (e.g., "I always try to see the glass half full"), and 8 hope (e.g., "Willpower was a key to obtaining an academic degree").…”

“…A contribution in this direction has been recently provided by Robusto et al (2019). The authors developed an instrument, called Academic PsyCap Questionnaire (APCQ; Anselmi, Colledani, Fabbris, et al, 2021;Robusto et al, 2019), that is aimed to evaluate the four PsyCap dimensions (i.e., self-efficacy, resilience, optimism, and hope) among students and fresh graduates. APCQ was developed and refined through the following steps.…”

النموذج البنائی للعلاقات بین الشخصیة الاستباقیة ورأس المال النفسیّ والدافعیة الأكادیمیة والتوافق مع الحیاة الجامعیة لدى طلاب الجامعة

“…The final sample consisted of 524 (53 male, 471 female) students of second year in Faculty of Education, University of Benha. The research tools are: proactive personality (developed by researchers), psychological capital scale (prepared by Anselmi et al,, 2021, and translated into Arabic by present researchers), academic motivation scale (prepared by and translated into Arabic by Kholoud Asfour, 2016), and university life adjustment scale (prepared by Siryk, 1984 andtranslated into Arabic by Ali Abdel Salam, 2002).The present research depends on using of structural equation modeling by AMOS24 and the results are as follows:…”