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The Literacy-Based Scale for Measuring Reflections on a University Social Responsibility Curriculum: Development and Validation

Chia-Hui Hung, Cheng-Yi Huang, Yu-Ming Wang, Yi-Ching Li and Yung-Chuan Ho
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Chia-Hui Hung: Department of Occupational Therapy, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
Cheng-Yi Huang: Department of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
Yu-Ming Wang: Department of Psychology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
Yi-Ching Li: Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
Yung-Chuan Ho: Department of Medical Applied Chemistry, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 8, 1-15

Abstract: University Social Responsibility (USR) enhances educational development and the impact of universities on society. As a stakeholder in USR, it is imperative to develop a comprehensive literacy scale that reflects the development of students’ citizenship in social engagement. Thus, this study aims to develop and validate the Health Promotion Literacy-based Scale for students in USR (HPLS-USR). A total of 200 students from USR with an average age of 19.27 participated in the study. The Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used to verify the scale’s construct validity. Twenty-two items were maintained in EFA with an internal consistency Cronbach’s α of 0.92. Construct validity was supported by EFA results, confirming that the four-factor structure of the 22-item scale (personal growth, responsibility of citizenship, social interaction, and intellectual growth) have reasonable correlations to each other, explaining 61.83% of the variance in the scale. The Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin index values of 0.908 and Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity ( p = 0.001) verified the normal distribution of the EFA and the adequacy of the EFA sampling. These items achieved adequate factor loadings ranging between 0.44 and 0.82. This study demonstrated that the HPLS-USR has satisfactory construct validity and reliability in measuring students’ literacy abilities developed in USR participation.

Keywords: university social responsibility; literacy-based; service-learning; health promotion; scale development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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