College Satisfaction Scales (CSS): Evaluation of contextual satisfaction in relation to college study life satisfaction and academic performance
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2017
Short description:
College Satisfaction Scales (CSS): Evaluation of contextual satisfaction in relation to college study life satisfaction and academic performance / Lodi, E., Boerchi, D., Magnano, P., Patrizi, P.. - In: BOLLETTINO DI PSICOLOGIA APPLICATA. - ISSN 0006-6761. - vol. LXV. May-August 2017:279(2017), pp. 51-64.
abstract:
SUMMARY. A large number of studies have identified factors that foster or inhibit well-being and academic
achievement of college students from the perspective of prevention and quality of life promotion. The aim of the present
study was to create and validate a new questionnaire to assess domain-specific satisfaction at University: the College
Satisfaction Scale (CSS). It is composed of 20 items to measure 5 dimensions: appropriateness of the student’s choice,
quality of the University services, relationships with his/her colleagues, quality of his/her study habits and usefulness
for his/her future career. Participants were Italian college students: 88 in the pilot study and 425 in the actual one. Both
reliability, assessed with Omega index, and construct validity, estimated through confirmatory factor analysis, were good
for all the subscales. The results showed that both average grade scores and academic efficiency were strongly related
to satisfaction with the efficiency of studying and slightly related with some of the other subscales.
achievement of college students from the perspective of prevention and quality of life promotion. The aim of the present
study was to create and validate a new questionnaire to assess domain-specific satisfaction at University: the College
Satisfaction Scale (CSS). It is composed of 20 items to measure 5 dimensions: appropriateness of the student’s choice,
quality of the University services, relationships with his/her colleagues, quality of his/her study habits and usefulness
for his/her future career. Participants were Italian college students: 88 in the pilot study and 425 in the actual one. Both
reliability, assessed with Omega index, and construct validity, estimated through confirmatory factor analysis, were good
for all the subscales. The results showed that both average grade scores and academic efficiency were strongly related
to satisfaction with the efficiency of studying and slightly related with some of the other subscales.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
College satisfaction, Life satisfaction, Academic performance
List of contributors:
Lodi, Ernesto; Boerchi, D; Magnano, P; Patrizi, Patrizia
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