Page No.143-153
Muhammad Akram Uzzaman* & A.K.M. Rezaul Karim**
Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh*, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh**
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School Engagement (SE) has become a significantly popular topic of psychological
research in recent decades. A frequently used measure of SE is the School Engagement
Scale (SES) developed by Fredricks, Blumenfeld, Friedel, and Paris (2003). The SES
comprises 19 items under three subscales. The aim of this study was to translate
the instrument into Bangla and validate it in Bangladeshi culture. A total of 1000
participants (491 males and 509 females) participated in the study. Exploratory Factor
Analysis (EFA) which was carried out on sample 1 (n = 500) identified a three-factor
structure of the SES with 16 items. The three factors namely ‘Cognitive Engagement’,
‘Behavioural Engagement’, and ‘Emotional Engagement’ together explained 55.48%
of the total variance. Analysis with sample 2 (n = 500) in Confirmatory Factor Analysis
(CFA) revealed that the three-factor model with 16 items is a good fit. Finally, the SES
and its factors showed good internal consistency, convergent and discriminant validity..
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