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Psychometric Properties of Spanish Version Student Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES–S–9) in High-school Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2019

Cristina Serrano ,
Yolanda Andreu ,
Sergio Murgui  and
Paula Martínez
Cristina Serrano*
Affiliation:
Universitat de València (Spain)
Yolanda Andreu
Affiliation:
Universitat de València (Spain)
Sergio Murgui
Affiliation:
Universitat de València (Spain)
Paula Martínez
Affiliation:
Universidad Internacional de Valencia (Spain)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Cristina Serrano. Universidad de Valencia. Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológicos. Avenida Blasco Ibáñez, 21. 46010 Valencia (Spain).
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Abstract

The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) is a self-report instrument widely used, both in the original and its abbreviated version of nine items, to assess the work -UWES, UWES–9– and academic engagement -UWES-S, UWES–S–9–. The present study examines factor structure of the UWES–S–9 using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), its convergent validity and invariance across sex and age groups in a sample of 626 Spanish high school students. The results support an unidimensional conceptualization of engagement (S-Bχ2/df = 5.29; CFI = .96; NNFI = .94; RMSEA = .083; IFI = .96; AIC = 82.21; BIC = 267.38), revealed an essentially invariant structure of the UWES–S–9 across the sex, ΔS-Bχ2(Δ6) = 10.67; p ≤ .05, and age, ΔS-Bχ2(Δ7) = 9.67; p ≤ .05, and confirmed the positive association between academic engagement and achievement (r = .30; p ≤ .001), dispositional optimism (r = .21; p ≤ .001), and subjective well-being (r = .16; p ≤ .001), and the negative association with perceived stress (r =. –13; p ≤ .001). In short, the Spanish version of UWES–S–9 is presented as a brief, reliable and valid tool to measure academic engagement in high school students (α = .91, AVE = .52, Ω = .911).

Keywords

academic engagementfactorial and convergent validityfactorial invariancehigh-school studentsUWES–S–9
Type
Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 22 , 2019 , E21
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2019 

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Serrano, C., Andreu, Y., Murgui, S., & Martínez, P. (2019). Psychometric properties of Spanish version student Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES–S–9) in high-school students. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 22. e21. Doi:10.1017/sjp.2019.25.

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