Análisis psicométrico de la escala de engagement académico (UWES-9) en estudiantes universitarios ecuatorianos

Abstract

Abstract: The academic engagement construct refers to the high commitment and satisfaction that students experience when executing their tasks, one of the instruments most used to measure the degree of academic engagement of students university students is the UWES-9 scale. The objective was to analyze the psychometric properties of The academic engagement scale in Ecuadorian university students. The sample It was made up of 300 in-person university students from the city from Loja, who completed third-level studies in the period April-August 2019. The design adopted for this study is of field observational, cross-sectional and psychometric type. The results obtained from the scale (Uwes-9) showed a bifactor structure with a optimal correlation between its two factors, which explain 65.4% of the total variance of the construct. The internal consistency of Cronbach's Alpha and McDonald's Omega in its two factors showed significant scores, and for the total construct an excellent internal consistency (α=0.921; ω=0.924). In conclusion, these findings suggest that the academic engagement scale has good validity and excellent consistency internal.