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Measurement invariance of the strength of motivation for medical school: a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis.

ABSTRACT: The Strength of Motivation for Medical School-Revised (SMMS-R) questionnaire measures students' motivation for studying medicine. It includes three subscales: 'willingness to sacrifice', 'readiness to start', and 'persistence'. Measurement invariance is a prerequisite for group comparisons. The objectives of this study were to verify the factorial structure of the SMMS-R questionnaire and to investigate it's measurement invariance.A total of 989 medical students were approached, 930 cases were kept for data analysis. Factorial structure of and measurement invariance of the SMMS-R were tested using single and multiple group confirmatory factor analyses with Mplus. Trational Cronbach's ? along with McDonald's ? and glb were used to measure internal consistency for each subscale.Internal consistency for subscales and the full instrument were within the acceptable range. A 3-factor structure of the Chinese version of the SMMS-R was supported. Full configural, metric and partial scalar invariance were obtained.The SMMS-R showed measurement invariance across gender and two independent samples. So it can be used for group and cross-cultural comparisons.

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC5505130 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Measurement invariance of the strength of motivation for medical school: a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis.

An M M Kusurkar R A RA Li L L Xiao Y Y Zheng C C Hu J J Chen M M

BMC medical education 20170711 1

<h4>Background</h4>The Strength of Motivation for Medical School-Revised (SMMS-R) questionnaire measures students' motivation for studying medicine. It includes three subscales: 'willingness to sacrifice', 'readiness to start', and 'persistence'. Measurement invariance is a prerequisite for group comparisons. The objectives of this study were to verify the factorial structure of the SMMS-R questionnaire and to investigate it's measurement invariance.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 989 medical student ...[more]

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Measurement invariance of the strength of motivation for medical school: a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis.

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Measurement invariance of the strength of motivation for medical school: a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis.

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