Abbreviated version of the Attitudes Towards Research Scale-Revised (ATRS-R): Psychometric properties in Peruvian students

Abstract

Attitudes towards research are understood as a cognitive, persistent and acquired organization of beliefs, feelings and predispositions to action, product of experience, values and perceptions about scientific research, which is important because it is associated with progress in all areas of life, society and the economy. Therefore, the aim of this work was to provide evidence of the validity and reliability of the Attitudes Towards Research Scale-Revised (ATRS-R) in a sample of Peruvian undergraduate university students. A total of 666 students (74.9% women) between 19 and 55 years old (M = 23.086) participated. The ATRS-R and the Research Self-Efficacy Scale were used. The results indicate that the ATRS-R shows evidence of content validity. At a structural level, it is a one-dimensional measure, with adequate score and construct reliability, and is directly associated with research self-efficacy. It is concluded that this brief-version of ATRS-R presents adequate psychometric properties.