An Overview of School Well-Being Scale at Students of Muhammadiyah Vocational High School: A Pilot Study

Abstract

The researcher conducted a psychometric analysis to know the school well-being scale’s validity and reliability and understand the dimensions that could form the school well-being variable. School well-being is a complex concept because it involves various essential elements in the teaching and learning process. School well-being is useful to help create a conducive learning environment and achieve learning goals in schools. The school well-being variable was measured using four dimensions from Konu & Rimpelä, namely having, loving, being, and health status. Forty students of SMK Muhammadiyah X in Ajibarang District, Banyumas, Indonesia, were involved. Analysis of research data to measure validity uses the corrected item-total correlation formula, while to measure reliability using Cronbach’s alpha which is analyzed using SPSS version 25. The analysis results prove that from the four dimensions of school well-being, there are 26 valid items and have a reliability coefficient of 0.903. Thus, the school well-being scale can be used for research.

Rasch Calibration and Differential Item Functioning (DIF) Analysis of the School Well-Being Scale for Students

“…This study aims to examine the quality of well-being scale by , which includes dimensions of having, loving, being, and health status. These adjustments were previously tested for their validity and reliability by Lathifah et al (2021). The concept of "having" refers to the overall condition of the school, encompassing both the physical surroundings and the internal environment.…”

“…As a basis and scale that is widely used in Indonesia, the school well-being instrument is usually carried out on the island of Java (Faizah et al, 2020;Muhid & Ferdiyanto, 2020). Research that tests school well-being instruments mostly uses statistical analysis and uses Cronbach's alpha to analyze validity and reliability (Lathifah et al, 2021). DIF analysis is also used in analyzing psychological well-being in Islamic boarding schools (Khusumadewi & Pramesti, 2023).…”

“…Konu & Rimpelä's (2002) framework is utilized in the majority of research on school well-being conducted in Indonesia. However, the scale of school well-being research is mostly conducted in the Java region (Hasanah & Sutopo, 2020;Khusumadewi & Pramesti, 2023;Lathifah et al, 2021). Constructing a scale in other regions of Indonesia is important to be undertaken amidst the diversity in the country.…”