Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Version of the Academic Self-regulation Questionnaire

Objective:To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Academic Self-Regulation Questionnaire(SRQ-A) in primary and junior high school students.Methods:A sample of 525 students from the 4th to 8th grade was administrated with the SRQ-A,Basic Psychological Needs Scale(BPNS) and School Attitude Scale(SAS).Academic achievement was obtained for all participants from the school records;a sample of 55 junior high school students was retested two weeks later.Results:①Item analysis showed that the SRQ-A had satisfactory item discrimination(r0.49);② Confirmatory Factor Analysis showed that the whole scale had a four-order factor constructure and good constructure validity(χ2/df=3.41,RMSEA=0.07,NFI=0.95,NNFI=0.95,GFI=0.86,CFI=0.96,IFI=0.96),the range of factor loading was between 0.39 and 0.92;③The SRQ-A was significantly and positively correlated with BPNS and SAS,with the correlation coefficients ranged from 0.13 to 0.41;④The Cronbach's alpha coefficients were 0.92 for the total scale,and 0.72 to 0.89 for the four subscales,respectively;⑤The test-retest reliability coefficients were 0.74 for the total scale,and 0.65 to 0.76 for the four subscales,respectively.Conclusion:The Chinese version of the SRQ-A is a reliable and valid instrument.