TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation and psychometric properties of Academic Major Satisfaction Scale among Korean college students
AU - Sovet, Laurent
AU - Park, Miriam Sang-Ah
AU - Jung, Sungcheol
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The purpose of this research was to adapt and validate the 6-items Academic Major Satisfaction Scale (AMSS, Nauta in J Career Assess 15(4):446-462, 2007) for use in Korea. The scale was tested using 275 college students in South Korea. Results indicated adequate internal-consistency reliability of 0.87, and adequate test-retest reliability of 0.84. Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated a unidimensional structure and measure invariance tests showed equivalent structure across gender groups. Correlations with career decision self-efficacy and variables related to subjective well-being ranged from moderate-tohigh and were all significant. All the results suggest suitable fit among the population of Korean college students. Suggestions for usage of and future research on the AMSS in the Korean context are discussed.
AB - The purpose of this research was to adapt and validate the 6-items Academic Major Satisfaction Scale (AMSS, Nauta in J Career Assess 15(4):446-462, 2007) for use in Korea. The scale was tested using 275 college students in South Korea. Results indicated adequate internal-consistency reliability of 0.87, and adequate test-retest reliability of 0.84. Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated a unidimensional structure and measure invariance tests showed equivalent structure across gender groups. Correlations with career decision self-efficacy and variables related to subjective well-being ranged from moderate-tohigh and were all significant. All the results suggest suitable fit among the population of Korean college students. Suggestions for usage of and future research on the AMSS in the Korean context are discussed.
UR - http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11205-013-0537-y
U2 - 10.1007/s11205-013-0537-y
DO - 10.1007/s11205-013-0537-y
M3 - Article
SN - 0303-8300
VL - 119
SP - 1121
EP - 1131
JO - Social Indicators Research
JF - Social Indicators Research
IS - 2
ER -