Mississippi State University.
Psicothema. 2020 Nov;32(4):469-475. doi: 10.7334/psicothema2020.60.
Increasingly, postsecondary students enroll in distance learning courses and complete homework online, which extends their learning opportunities regardless of where they are. Online homework requires self-control from students to cope with conventional and tech-related distractors, however research on this topic is scarce. There is a need to develop an instrument to assess online homework distractions in higher education.
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Online Homework Distraction Scale (OHDS) based on 612 undergraduates in China. After randomly dividing the sample into two groups, we carried out a principal component analysis (PCA) with one group and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with another group.
Both PCA and CFA findings indicated that tech-related distraction and conventional distraction were empirically indistinguishable for college students. Given acceptable measurement invariance, the latent factor mean was examined over gender for all participants and found that men were more distracted while doing online homework. Concerning validity evidence, in line with theoretical predictions, the OHDS was negatively related to online homework expectancy, value, effort, and time management.
Our study provides strong evidence that the OHDS is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring online homework distraction.
越来越多的大学生参加远程学习课程，并在线完成作业，这使得他们无论身在何处都能有更多的学习机会。然而，在线作业需要学生具备自我控制能力，以应对传统和与技术相关的干扰因素，但关于这个主题的研究却很少。因此，需要开发一种工具来评估高等教育中的在线作业干扰。
本研究基于中国 612 名本科生，检验了在线作业干扰量表（OHDS）的心理测量特性。在随机将样本分为两组后，我们对一组进行主成分分析（PCA），对另一组进行验证性因素分析（CFA）。
PCA 和 CFA 的结果均表明，对于大学生来说，技术相关干扰和传统干扰在经验上是不可区分的。考虑到可接受的测量不变性，我们对所有参与者的性别进行了潜在因素均值检验，发现男性在做在线作业时更容易分心。关于效度证据，与理论预测一致，OHDS 与在线作业期望、价值、努力和时间管理呈负相关。
我们的研究提供了有力的证据，表明 OHDS 是一种测量在线作业干扰的有效且可靠的工具。
