Validating Self-Reflection and Insight Scale to Measure readiness for Self-Regulated Learning
نویسندگان
1 Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Department of Internal Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Health Professions Education Research Center, Tehran University of Medical
2 Digestive Disease Research Center, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
3 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
4 Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Medical Education Development Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan
5 Department of Internal Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
6 Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Education Development Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Professional behavior of physicians is under scrutiny by medical associations,media, and patients; therefore, medical students are expected to be self‑directed learners rather thanthe passive ones. One of the useful strategies for professional development and life‑long learning ofstudents is self-regulated learning. Self‑regulation concept and lifelong learning commitment are inthe heart of medical practice. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the validity of Self‑Reflectionand Insight Scale (SRIS) to inspect the medical students’ readiness for self‑regulation.MATERIALS AND METHODS: SRIS was translated according to the Sousa and Rojjanasriratguideline. To examine the reliability and validity evidence of the scale, 136 medical students fromTehran University of Medical Sciences completed the questionnaire. Internal consistency andintraclass correlation were used to examine the reliability evidence, as well as qualitative contentvalidity, and confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were used to examinethe construct validity of the scale.RESULTS: The content validity of the scale was verified. Cronbach’s alpha and the Interclass CorrelationCoefficient value for the four‑factor model was 0.87 and 0.79, respectively. Goodness‑of‑fit indicesdisplayed acceptable and poor values (P = 0.0001, χ2 = 373.51, df = 167, Root Mean Square ErrorOf Approximation = 0.096, standardized root mean square residual = 0.12). EFA was conducted; awell‑structured model was achieved through the EFA. The new four‑factor model was extracted asthe best model by performing EFA.CONCLUSION: SRIS Persian version is saturated with four factors and has desirable content validityand constructs reliability.
