The aim of this investigation was to develop an Adjustment Assessment
Instrument for Omani College Students. The adjustment instrument items were
constructed and grouped into academic, family, social and personal adjustment
areas common to Omani college students. The content validity of the adjustment
instrument was determined by utilizing two Delphi panels. The first panel
examined the instrument items which represented Omani students' adjustment
areas. The second panel determined the instrument items' content domains and
the appropriateness of their dimensions. The revised 190 item instrument was
administered to 30 Omani Students at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in order
to test the wording of the items and determine the actual time for the completion
of the instrument. One item was dropped from the instrument leaving 189 items,
including 70 positive and 119 negative items. The developed adjustment
instrument was administered to 400 Omani students at SQU.
Internal consistency reliability and test-retest reliability for the developed
instrument were investigated. The test-retest reliability was determined by
administering the instrument to 37 subjects using two week intervals between
the two tests. In addition to reliability consideration, construct validity was
determined by examining (a) instrument dimensionality, (b) factor analysis, (c)
item analysis, and (d) internal consistency.
The results revealed that the developed adjustment instrument possessed
high reliability estimation which was adequate for individual measurement.
In addition, the results supported the construct validity of the instrument as an
adjustment measure. The results of the correlation matrix of the developed four
dimensions and of the inter-factor correlation of the adjustment questionnaire
provided evidence for the multidimensionality of the instrument. Also, factor
analysis results confirmed that the developed instrument consisted of four
dimensions: academic, family, social and personal adjustment. Moreover, item-total
correlation finalized the instrument, which included 58 items, of which 25
were positive and 32 negative. These items were retained as adjustment item
statements for the final Adjustment Instrument for College Students. The results
of the internal consistency measurements provided additional support for the
construct validity of the final adjustment instrument. / Graduation date: 1997
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/34177 |
| Date | 08 July 1996 |
| Creators | Sulaiman, Suad M. |
| Contributors | Firth, James L. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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