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construct. Correspondingly, the internal consistency of the complete self-regulated study behaviour scale was good (α = .87). Table 7.1 summarises the measurement characteristics.
Table 7.1 Measurement characteristics of the motivational and behavioural factors
Factor
Academic adjustment Academic motivation
Academic self-e cacy
Degree programme satisfaction
Self-regulated study behaviour
Sample items
I keep up-to-date with academic work.
I nd academic work di cult. (reverse coded)
I like to gain more academic knowledge in the eld of my interest.
Looking for new research-based knowledge is boring. (reverse coded)
(How con dent are you that you can perform this task well?) Understanding di cult passages in textbooks.
Taking well-organised notes during a lecture.
I am satis ed with the programme I chose.
Looking back, I wish I had chosen a di erent degree programme. (reverse coded)
I nd it hard to stick to a study schedule. (reverse coded)
I usually study in a place where I can concentrate on my coursework.
Number Scale Cronbach’s of items range alpha
.85 .88
.74
.80
.87
item that asked 6 (satisfactory)
e Ethics Committee of the university had given approval of
participants received an e-mail invitation to participate in the
participants received this e-mail, composed by the researchers, via a coordinator of their programme who was interested in having the rst-year students of his or her programme participate in the study and the other 29% received the invitation directly from the researchers. is latter group participated in a previous study a year earlier, when they were still in secondary school, and had given consent to be contacted again for a follow-up study. e e-mail invitation explained the research
Previous achievement
We determined academic achievement in secondary school with an for average secondary school diploma grade. Scores ranged from to 9 (very good), with an average grade of 7.07 (SD = .72).
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the study. All study. 71% of