Development and Validation of a Short Scale of College Belonging
K. Colin Li,
Mike Furr,
Shannon Therese Brady
Abstract:Belonging is important for college students’ achievement, persistence, campus engagement, and well-being. There is a great need for a brief measure of college belonging that could be used by researchers and practitioners in field settings. Yet, existing measures of college student belonging are either overly long, lack validation evidence, or have not been psychometrically evaluated to ensure that they are appropriate for students from diverse backgrounds. The goal of this work was to create a short, psychomet… Show more
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