Academic
entitlement is one of the most significant problems that affect not only
students’ academic success but also lead them to engage in various uncivil and
undesired behaviors such as disrespect, anger and aggression. It might disrupt
individuals’ psychological and social adaptation by itself or interacting with
other problems. Academically entitled students are inconsiderate of their
friends, intolerant to even constructive feedback, and exhibit unethical
behaviors such as cheating, plagiarism, etc.. This global phenomenon is a
significant problem in Turkey as well. Therefore, the need for having a sound
grasp of academic entitlement led to initial reliability and validity studies
of Academic Entitlement Questionnaire in Turkish Culture in this study.
Analyses were carried out on 469 participants data, 351 (75%) of whom were
females and 118 (25%) of whom were males. It was found that Turkish and English
forms were equivalent, the construct with a-five-item unidimensional scale was
confirmed. Furthermore, for concurrent validity, relationship between academic
entitlement and similar structures of narcissism, entitlement and academic
self-efficacy was investigated. Results indicated that academic entitlement was
found to be significantly related to narcissism and entitlement and negatively
related to academic self-efficacy. This indicates that academic entitlement
despite related to these three structures is a different construct. For
reliability, internal consistency coefficients and test-retest methods were
used. These analyses indicated that the scale assess academic entitlement
consistently. Thus, it can be stated that Academic Entitlement Questionnaire is
a valid and reliable instrument for measuring academic entitlement of Turkish
university students.
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Bölüm | Araştırma Makalesi |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 1 Temmuz 2019 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 18 Ekim 2018 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2019 Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2 |
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