School alienation in online schooling scale (SAOSS): development of a measure to assess school alienation among students

This study reports on developing and validating the School Alienation in Online Schooling Scale (SAOSS). School alienation in online schooling is conceptualized as opposed to school belonging and the main reason for minimal participation, reduced educational benefits, and school dropout in school ag...

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Published inInternational journal of school & educational psychology Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 137 - 149
Main Authors Asanjarani, Faramarz, Kumar, Aneesh
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 02.07.2024
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online schooling
School alienation
tool construction
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Summary:This study reports on developing and validating the School Alienation in Online Schooling Scale (SAOSS). School alienation in online schooling is conceptualized as opposed to school belonging and the main reason for minimal participation, reduced educational benefits, and school dropout in school aged-children, especially during the online learning forced due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. This study includes three phases. The first study included item generation and analysis. After the initial analysis, 13 items from the tool were retained. In the second study, exploratory factor analysis was conducted. Two factors emerged from principal component analysis (PCA). In the third study, we investigated the confirmatory factor analysis of SAOSS with a sample of urban students in Iran (grades 7-9, n = 317). The SAOSS has important implications for researchers, school counselors and psychologists, policymakers, and stakeholders. Implication for theory, practice and future research is discussed.
ISSN:2168-3603
2168-3611
DOI:10.1080/21683603.2024.2375236