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Development and Validation of a Capacity for Wonder Scale for Use in Educational Settings
- Source :
- Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. 38:982-994
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2020.
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Abstract
- Experiences of wonder should be valued, protected, and promoted in academic settings. Identification of learning environments and interventions that cultivate students’ capacity for wonder (CfW) first requires a means to measure it. We used a mixed-methods approach to develop and validate a measure of CfW. In the qualitative component (Studies 1–3), we content analyzed open-ended descriptions of wonder (Study 1), interviewed people whom others identified as exemplifying CfW (Study 2), and conducted focus groups to review, for quality and consistency, and to establish face validity of, potential inventory items that capture wonder (Study 3). These items were then subjected to standard psychometric analyses in the quantitative component of our methods (Studies 4–6). In Study 4, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) revealed CfW may contain two subscales representing “Perspective Shifting” and “Emotional Reawakening.” In Study 5, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) corroborated this two-factor structure in an independent sample and longitudinally across 17 months, establishing a final 10-item CfW scale; In Study 6, we assessed the scale’s discriminant and convergent validity. CfW was weakly to moderately correlated with theoretically related constructs of curiosity, tolerance for ambiguity, humility, and empathy. We conclude with a discussion of future directions and potential applications.
- Subjects :
- Medical education
05 social sciences
Psychological intervention
050109 social psychology
Factor structure
Education
Wonder
03 medical and health sciences
Clinical Psychology
Identification (information)
0302 clinical medicine
Scale (social sciences)
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
030212 general & internal medicine
Psychology
General Psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15575144 and 07342829
- Volume :
- 38
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........adbf005147a538f26cca76e567433ea6
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282920918727