Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Student Professor Interaction Scale
Existing research indicates that student-professor interactions have significant effects on a range of student outcomes in university contexts including academic self-efficacy, satisfaction, attrition rates and career and educational aspirations. However, the bulk of this research has been conducted...
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| author | Brettjet L. Cody Zubaida Shebani Ian Grey Kevin Cokley Khalaf Al-Heeti |
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| description | Existing research indicates that student-professor interactions have significant effects on a range of student outcomes in university contexts including academic self-efficacy, satisfaction, attrition rates and career and educational aspirations. However, the bulk of this research has been conducted in Western countries and there currently remains a dearth of research investigating the effects of such interactions on outcomes for students attending higher education in Arab countries. This may stem from the absence of appropriate translated measures with established indices of psychometric validity for use in Arab countries. The current study addresses this need by examining the factor structure of the Student-Professor Interaction Scale with a sample of 329 Arab students attending university in the United Arab Emirates. The scale was first translated into Arabic and results of confirmatory factor analysis revealed a nine-factor structure similar to the original scale developed with a sample of American university students. Indices of factorial validity and reliability of the scale are presented which suggest the SPIS is broadly suitable in quantifying aspects of student-faculty interactions among native Arab speaking student populations. This study uses confirmatory factor analyses to validate the structure of an Arabic version of the SPIS, providing a reliable tool to assess student-faculty interactions among Arab university students and enabling culturally relevant research in higher education contexts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-30b7912ac25e48edb8315a8f03e281ab2025-08-20T02:34:54ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Psychology2331-19082025-12-0112110.1080/23311908.2025.2520662Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Student Professor Interaction ScaleBrettjet L. Cody0Zubaida Shebani1Ian Grey2Kevin Cokley3Khalaf Al-Heeti4Cognitive Sciences Department, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab EmiratesPsychology Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Seeb, OmanCognitive Sciences Department, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab EmiratesPsychology Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USACognitive Sciences Department, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab EmiratesExisting research indicates that student-professor interactions have significant effects on a range of student outcomes in university contexts including academic self-efficacy, satisfaction, attrition rates and career and educational aspirations. However, the bulk of this research has been conducted in Western countries and there currently remains a dearth of research investigating the effects of such interactions on outcomes for students attending higher education in Arab countries. This may stem from the absence of appropriate translated measures with established indices of psychometric validity for use in Arab countries. The current study addresses this need by examining the factor structure of the Student-Professor Interaction Scale with a sample of 329 Arab students attending university in the United Arab Emirates. The scale was first translated into Arabic and results of confirmatory factor analysis revealed a nine-factor structure similar to the original scale developed with a sample of American university students. Indices of factorial validity and reliability of the scale are presented which suggest the SPIS is broadly suitable in quantifying aspects of student-faculty interactions among native Arab speaking student populations. This study uses confirmatory factor analyses to validate the structure of an Arabic version of the SPIS, providing a reliable tool to assess student-faculty interactions among Arab university students and enabling culturally relevant research in higher education contexts.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311908.2025.2520662Student-professor interactionpsychometric analysesSPIShigher educationuniversity studentsUnited Arab Emirates |
| spellingShingle | Brettjet L. Cody Zubaida Shebani Ian Grey Kevin Cokley Khalaf Al-Heeti Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Student Professor Interaction Scale Cogent Psychology Student-professor interaction psychometric analyses SPIS higher education university students United Arab Emirates |
| title | Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Student Professor Interaction Scale |
| title_full | Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Student Professor Interaction Scale |
| title_fullStr | Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Student Professor Interaction Scale |
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| title_short | Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Student Professor Interaction Scale |
| title_sort | psychometric properties of the arabic version of the student professor interaction scale |
| topic | Student-professor interaction psychometric analyses SPIS higher education university students United Arab Emirates |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311908.2025.2520662 |
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