TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and validation of a Multidimensional Motivations to Study Abroad Scale (MMSAS) among European Credit Mobility Students
AU - Aresi, Giovanni Umberto
AU - Alfieri, Sara
AU - Lanz, Margherita
AU - Marta, Elena
AU - Moore, Simon
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The aim was to establish and validate the Multidimensional Motivations to Study Abroad Scale (MMSAS) to measure university Credit Mobility Students' (CMSs) reasons (e.g., academic, cross-cultural, personal growth) for studying abroad. The instrument was administered to a multi-language sample of 1333 European CMSs. The final measure included 27 items.Results supported nine factors for the English (both for native English speakers and the version for non-native English speakers), French, German, Italian, and Spanish versions; invariance across languages was demonstrated and evidence for construct validity is provided. Further research should explore the relevance of this measure to other populations (e.g., other languages, degree mobility students) and determine the relationship with students' experiences and behaviours abroad.
AB - The aim was to establish and validate the Multidimensional Motivations to Study Abroad Scale (MMSAS) to measure university Credit Mobility Students' (CMSs) reasons (e.g., academic, cross-cultural, personal growth) for studying abroad. The instrument was administered to a multi-language sample of 1333 European CMSs. The final measure included 27 items.Results supported nine factors for the English (both for native English speakers and the version for non-native English speakers), French, German, Italian, and Spanish versions; invariance across languages was demonstrated and evidence for construct validity is provided. Further research should explore the relevance of this measure to other populations (e.g., other languages, degree mobility students) and determine the relationship with students' experiences and behaviours abroad.
KW - Business and International Management
KW - Confirmatory factor analysis
KW - Credit mobility programmes
KW - Motivations
KW - Scale development
KW - Scale invariance
KW - Social Psychology
KW - Sociology and Political Science
KW - Study abroad
KW - Business and International Management
KW - Confirmatory factor analysis
KW - Credit mobility programmes
KW - Motivations
KW - Scale development
KW - Scale invariance
KW - Social Psychology
KW - Sociology and Political Science
KW - Study abroad
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/107393
UR - http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ijintrel
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2017.10.004
DO - 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2017.10.004
M3 - Article
SN - 0147-1767
SP - 128
EP - 134
JO - International Journal of Intercultural Relations
JF - International Journal of Intercultural Relations
ER -