Unidimensionality and construct validity of the Self-Regulating Capacity in Vocabulary Learning (SRCvoc) in Iranian EFL context: item-level responses versus item parcels
This study investigated the psychometric properties of self-regulating capacity in vocabulary learning scale (Tseng, Dornyei, & Schmitt, 2006) in the Iranian EFL context. For this purpose, a sample of 1167 high school students completed the Persian SRCvoc in the main phase. The internal consiste...
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| author | Sarkeshikian Amir Hossein Tabatabaee Abdol-Majid Doaee Maryam Taleb |
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| description | This study investigated the psychometric properties of self-regulating capacity in vocabulary learning scale (Tseng, Dornyei, & Schmitt, 2006) in the Iranian EFL context. For this purpose, a sample of 1167 high school students completed the Persian SRCvoc in the main phase. The internal consistency reliability of the scale was examined using Cronbach’s alpha. It showed acceptable reliability in both piloting and main phases. The results of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) showed that the SRCvoc is composed of three factors. However, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on the three-factor model of the SRCvoc and Tseng et al.’s (2006) five-factor model of the SRCvoc with item-level indicators showed that both models did not fit the data. The findings of this study imply that the item-parcels in Tseng et al. (2006) may have masked the nature of the factor structure of the self-regulating capacity in vocabulary learning scale. It should therefore be re-theorized. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-075c229d886d475bae4fd945f7b06e3d2022-12-21T21:52:47ZengSciendoPsychology of Language and Communication2083-85062018-01-01221213810.2478/plc-2018-0002plc-2018-0002Unidimensionality and construct validity of the Self-Regulating Capacity in Vocabulary Learning (SRCvoc) in Iranian EFL context: item-level responses versus item parcelsSarkeshikian Amir Hossein0Tabatabaee Abdol-Majid1Doaee Maryam Taleb2Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, Pardisan St., Qom, IranDepartment of English Language Teaching, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, IranDepartment of English Language Teaching, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, IranThis study investigated the psychometric properties of self-regulating capacity in vocabulary learning scale (Tseng, Dornyei, & Schmitt, 2006) in the Iranian EFL context. For this purpose, a sample of 1167 high school students completed the Persian SRCvoc in the main phase. The internal consistency reliability of the scale was examined using Cronbach’s alpha. It showed acceptable reliability in both piloting and main phases. The results of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) showed that the SRCvoc is composed of three factors. However, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on the three-factor model of the SRCvoc and Tseng et al.’s (2006) five-factor model of the SRCvoc with item-level indicators showed that both models did not fit the data. The findings of this study imply that the item-parcels in Tseng et al. (2006) may have masked the nature of the factor structure of the self-regulating capacity in vocabulary learning scale. It should therefore be re-theorized.https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2018-0002confirmatory factor analysisconstruct validityexploratory factor analysisunidimensionalityself-regulating capacity in vocabulary learning (srcvoc) |
| spellingShingle | Sarkeshikian Amir Hossein Tabatabaee Abdol-Majid Doaee Maryam Taleb Unidimensionality and construct validity of the Self-Regulating Capacity in Vocabulary Learning (SRCvoc) in Iranian EFL context: item-level responses versus item parcels Psychology of Language and Communication confirmatory factor analysis construct validity exploratory factor analysis unidimensionality self-regulating capacity in vocabulary learning (srcvoc) |
| title | Unidimensionality and construct validity of the Self-Regulating Capacity in Vocabulary Learning (SRCvoc) in Iranian EFL context: item-level responses versus item parcels |
| title_full | Unidimensionality and construct validity of the Self-Regulating Capacity in Vocabulary Learning (SRCvoc) in Iranian EFL context: item-level responses versus item parcels |
| title_fullStr | Unidimensionality and construct validity of the Self-Regulating Capacity in Vocabulary Learning (SRCvoc) in Iranian EFL context: item-level responses versus item parcels |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unidimensionality and construct validity of the Self-Regulating Capacity in Vocabulary Learning (SRCvoc) in Iranian EFL context: item-level responses versus item parcels |
| title_short | Unidimensionality and construct validity of the Self-Regulating Capacity in Vocabulary Learning (SRCvoc) in Iranian EFL context: item-level responses versus item parcels |
| title_sort | unidimensionality and construct validity of the self regulating capacity in vocabulary learning srcvoc in iranian efl context item level responses versus item parcels |
| topic | confirmatory factor analysis construct validity exploratory factor analysis unidimensionality self-regulating capacity in vocabulary learning (srcvoc) |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2018-0002 |
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