Department of Social Dentistry, São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Dentistry, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil.
Department of Dentistry, University of Araraquara (UNIARA), School of Dentistry, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil.
PLoS One. 2021 Nov 4;16(11):e0259524. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259524. eCollection 2021.
To investigate the validity and reliability of the University Student Engagement Inventory (USEI) in its complete and reduced versions with Brazilian and USA students, and to evaluate the influence of gender and academic level on students' university engagement in both countries.
A cross-sectional observational study with a non-probability sample was conducted. The sample comprised dental students of both genders, 154 from a university in New York, USA (response rate 91.1%) and 459 from two universities in Brazil (response rate 79.1%). University engagement was measured using the USEI. The samples were characterized by gender and academic level.
The refined reduced version of the USEI presented adequate fit to the samples from both countries. Gender was associated with the behavioral engagement factor of the USEI in Brazilian students. In the USA sample, gender was associated with the behavioral and cognitive engagement factors. There was a significant effect of academic level on behavioral and emotional engagement for the Brazilian and USA samples, respectively.
The refined reduced USEI presented adequate psychometric qualities for the study samples.
调查完整版和精简版大学生参与度问卷（USEI）在巴西和美国学生中的有效性和信度，并评估性别和学术水平对两国学生大学参与度的影响。
本研究采用非概率抽样的横断面观察性研究。样本包括来自美国纽约一所大学的男女牙科学生（应答率为 91.1%）和巴西两所大学的 459 名学生（应答率为 79.1%）。使用 USEI 评估大学生参与度。样本特征包括性别和学术水平。
精简版 USEI 具有良好的适配度，适用于来自两国的样本。在巴西学生中，性别与 USEI 的行为参与因素有关。在美国样本中，性别与行为和认知参与因素有关。学术水平对巴西和美国样本的行为和情感参与有显著影响。
经过精炼的精简版 USEI 具有良好的心理测量学质量，适用于研究样本。
