Bertrams, Alex; Dickhäuser, Oliver (2010). University and school students' motivation for effortful thinking: Factor structure, reliability, and validity of the German Need for Cognition Scale. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 26(4), pp. 263-268. Hogrefe 10.1027/1015-5759/a000035
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Need for cognition (NFC) reflects a relatively stable trait regarding the degree to which one enjoys and engages in cognitive endeavors. We examined whether the previously demonstrated one-dimensional structure of the German NFC Scale could be replicated in three samples of undergraduates and secondary school students. Moreover, we investigated the test-retest reliability of the German NFC Scale, which has not yet been tested. Further, we investigated whether the scale would be valid in a sample of secondary school students. Multigroup confirmatory factor analyses established the one-dimensional factor structure of the long form as well as the short form of the German NFC Scale for undergraduates (N = 559), students of academic track secondary schools (German Gymnasium; N = 555), and students of vocational track secondary schools (German Realschule; N = 486). The scale proved to have a high test-retest reliability in a university student sample (N = 43). For secondary school students, we again found a high test-retest reliability (N = 157), and also found the scale to be valid (N = 181).
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Education > Educational Psychology 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Education |
UniBE Contributor: |
Bertrams, Alexander Gregor |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education 100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology |
ISSN: |
1015-5759 |
Publisher: |
Hogrefe |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Noemi Martina Casola |
Date Deposited: |
12 Mar 2015 10:30 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:42 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1027/1015-5759/a000035 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
cognitive style, motivation, scale, questionnaires |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/64316 |
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