This study aimed at investigating factorial structure of academic
motivation scale to a sample of 6th and 7th graders at UNRWA schools in
Jordan, and its relationship with some variables. The Arabic version of
the scale was applied to the sample w
hich consisted of 315 subjects. The
findings of the factorial analysis showed six factors for academic
motivation. Psychometric properties were investigated using some
procedures. Reliability was examined, using runback alpha coefficient for
internal consistency for each factor, and the correlation coefficients were
investigated. The study showed a significant effect for some factors
related to sex, grade and interaction between them.
The present research was designed to investigate the factor structure of Shkeer's
psychological security scale (2005), by using the exploratory factor analysis.
the psychological security scale of shkeer consists of four dimensions: (individual
bu
ilding and future vision (14 items), general and practice life (18 items), temperament (10
items), social relationships and social interaction (12 items).
The researcher used the descriptive method, and the research sample was chosen
randomly, while the data were collected from (415) students of Tishreen University.
The research revealed that the psychological security consists of six factors, which
had explained (52.91%) of total variance of items:
The first factor: future vision and includes 14 items.
The second factor: social relationships and includes 7 items.
The third factor: temperament and includes 7 items.
The fourth factor: practice life and includes 5 items.
The fifth factor: general life and includes 5 items.
The sixth factor: social interaction and includes 4 items.
The researcher suggests that more studies should be done to investigate the factor
structure of the psychological security scale on different Syrian samples.and proposes to
study the relationship between psychological security and some variables.
