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. 2018 May 4;11(1):277.
doi: 10.1186/s13104-018-3388-4.

Validity and reliability of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-Student Version in Sri Lanka

Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe  1 , Devani Sakunthala Dissanayake  2 , Gihan Sajiwa Abeywardena  3
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Validity and reliability of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-Student Version in Sri Lanka

Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe et al. BMC Res Notes. .

Abstract

Objective: The present study was aimed at assessing the validity and the reliability of the Sinhala version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-Student Version (UWES-S) among collegiate cycle students in Sri Lanka.

Results: The 17-item UWES-S was translated to Sinhala and the judgmental validity was assessed by a multi-disciplinary panel of experts. Construct validity of the UWES-S was appraised by using multi-trait scaling analysis and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) on data obtained from a sample of 194 grade thirteen students in the Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka. Reliability of the UWES-S was assessed by using internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Except for item 13, all other items showed good psychometric properties in judgemental validity, item-convergent validity and item-discriminant validity. EFA using principal component analysis with Oblimin rotation, suggested a three-factor solution (including vigor, dedication and absorption subscales) explaining 65.4% of the total variance for the 16-item UWES-S (with item 13 deleted). All three subscales show high internal consistency with Cronbach's α coefficient values of 0.867, 0.819, and 0.903 and test-retest reliability was high (p < 0.001). Hence, the Sinhala version of the 16-item UWES-S is a valid and a reliable instrument to assess work engagement among collegiate cycle students in Sri Lanka.

Keywords: Collegiate cycle; Exploratory factor analysis; Reliability; Sri Lanka; UWES-S; Validity; Work engagement.

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