MSLQ-UY, validation with Uruguayan university students

The current study translates, adapts, and validates for Uruguayan university students the abbreviated Spanish ver-sion of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) developed by Pintrich and De Groot (1990). The MSLQ was created within a motivational and self-regulat-ed socio-cogniti...

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Main Authors: Curione, Karina, Gründler, Virginia, Píriz, Lucía, Huertas, Juan Antonio
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas (IIPSI, Conicet-UNC) 2017
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Online Access:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/18716
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Summary:The current study translates, adapts, and validates for Uruguayan university students the abbreviated Spanish ver-sion of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) developed by Pintrich and De Groot (1990). The MSLQ was created within a motivational and self-regulat-ed socio-cognitive framework. This questionnaire includes 44 items, and the response choices are rated on a 7-point Likert-type scale. MSLQ is divided into two sections: mo-tivation and self-regulated learning strategies (SRLS). The sample included 318 students total who belong the Psychology department of Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Results have shown that both motivation (α = .76) and self-regulated learning strategies (α = .75) sections have acceptable internal consistency to be used in research studies. Although the exploratory factor analysis confirms the original five-factor structure, we suggest a reorganiza-tion of the self-regulated learning strategies section.