Analysis of the psychometric properties of the reflections on study inventory

Abstract

This work evaluates the psychometric properties of the Reflections on university study inventory, which consists of 32 items. This inventory is designed to measure the level of metacognitive awareness of the students' study processes. The design of this work is non-experimental, instrumental, and cross-sectional, with a sample of 197 psychology students from the University of Buenos Aires (80 % women and 20 % men), between 18 and 48 years of age (M = 23.82, SD = 6.14). The reliability analysis yields an adequate value (α = .83) of internal consistency. Regarding the construct validity, an Exploratory Factor Analysis shows a structure of 8 factors that explains 67.72 % of the variance. The benefits of the instrument are discussed in light of the results found and the current theoretical-conceptual aspects.