Psychometric Evaluation of Perceived Internship PUA Scale

Using Rasch Analysis

Bibliographic Data

ID21446005
AuthorsYanchao Yang (0000-0002-1206-2079, Institute of International Language Services Studies Macau Millennium College Macau SAR People's Republic of China), Wangze Li (0009-0002-2869-2232, College of Materials Science and Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology Tangshan Hebei Province People's Republic of China), Sijia Xue (School of Languages and Literatures, Harbin Institute of Technology Weihai Shangdong Province People ́s Republic of China), Wenxue Huang (School of Marxism, North China University of Science and Technology Tangshan Hebei Province People's Republic of China), Wenze Huang (0009-0007-0344-2233, North China University of Science and Technology), Shijie Guo (0000-0002-1335-2852, Department of Applied Social Sciences Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong S.A.R. S.A.R People's Republic of China, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume60
Issue1
Publication date2025-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-8211 • E-ISSN: 1465-3435
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ejed.12832
OpenAlexW4404213069
LanguageEN
References cited10

In response to the prevalence of perceived internship Pick‐up Artist( PUA ) behaviours and the lack of appropriate measurement tools, the purpose of this study was to develop and validate a new self‐designed questionnaire, the Perceived Internship PUA Scale ( PIPUAS ), to assess college student interns' perceptions of internship PUA behaviours. The scale was developed based on interviews with college student interns. A sample of 340 college student interns from a provincial university in Hebei Province, China, participated in the study. Rasch analysis was used to examine the psychometric properties of the scale, including unidimensionality, monotonicity, item fit statistics, item polarity, item‐ and person‐level reliability and separation, item hierarchy and measurement invariance across gender and birthplace. The results indicated that the PIPUAS is a unidimensional construct with good psychometric properties, although some issues need to be addressed to further improve the scale. The study's limitations and directions for future research were discussed

Developmental psychology · Geography · Internship · Item analysis · Medical education · Psychometrics · Rasch model · Scale (ratio) · Clinical Psychology · Education and Learning Interventions · Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth

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