TY - JOUR
T1 - The Utrecht work engagement scale for students (UWES-9S)
T2 - Factorial validity, reliability, and measurement invariance in a chilean sample of undergraduate university students
AU - Carmona-Halty, Marcos A.
AU - Schaufeli, Wilmar B.
AU - Salanova, Marisa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Carmona-Halty, Schaufeli and Salanova.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This brief report examines the within-network construct validity of the UWES-9S in a convenience sample of 1502 Chilean students (52% were female) ranging between 18 and 25 years old. The results of confirmatory factor analysis supported a solution with three related factors that fit significantly better than a one-factor solution. The three subscales (i.e., vigor, dedication, and absorption) and the overall UWES-9S showed satisfactory internal consistency. The results of multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis supported gender invariance. Overall, the UWES-9S was found to be a reliable and valid scale to assess academic engagement in Chilean undergraduate university students.
AB - This brief report examines the within-network construct validity of the UWES-9S in a convenience sample of 1502 Chilean students (52% were female) ranging between 18 and 25 years old. The results of confirmatory factor analysis supported a solution with three related factors that fit significantly better than a one-factor solution. The three subscales (i.e., vigor, dedication, and absorption) and the overall UWES-9S showed satisfactory internal consistency. The results of multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis supported gender invariance. Overall, the UWES-9S was found to be a reliable and valid scale to assess academic engagement in Chilean undergraduate university students.
KW - Academic engagement
KW - Invariance across gender
KW - Psychometric analyses
KW - UWES
KW - University students
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85068617663
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01017
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01017
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85068617663
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 10
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
IS - APR
M1 - 1017
ER -