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Reliability Analysis of an Instrument: A Preliminary Study of Experience in Close Relationship Scale (ECR) among Counsellor Trainees in a University

The study aims to evaluate the reliability and internal consistency of Experience in Close Relationship among counsellor trainees in one of the local universities. The questionnaire had 36 items that were tested on 58 students from Bachelor of Counselling with Honours program. The Experience in Clos...

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Main Authors: Anis Nurshafiqah, Azhar, Nor Mazlina, Ghazali
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Published: Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2020
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BF Psychology
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https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/1651
https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.1651.2020
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spelling my.unimas.ir.418992023-06-06T03:27:46Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41899/ Reliability Analysis of an Instrument: A Preliminary Study of Experience in Close Relationship Scale (ECR) among Counsellor Trainees in a University Anis Nurshafiqah, Azhar Nor Mazlina, Ghazali BF Psychology The study aims to evaluate the reliability and internal consistency of Experience in Close Relationship among counsellor trainees in one of the local universities. The questionnaire had 36 items that were tested on 58 students from Bachelor of Counselling with Honours program. The Experience in Close Relationship Scale (ECR) is used to assess attachment styles. The ECR assesses individual on two sub-scale of attachment which are attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety. This study presented listed items and internal consistency reliability analysis of Experience in Close Relationship Scale (ECR) in Malaysian context. The explanation on the items and reliability analysis represents the appropriateness of the instrument to trainee counsellors from public universities. The two sub-scale showed high reliability analysis. The reliability values of two sub-scale are reported respectively as following (i) attachment anxiety α = .86; and (ii) attachment avoidance α = .93. The instrument is reliable for assessing the attachment styles towards counsellor trainees at public universities. Therefore, the results from the pilot study showed that the questionnaire can be used without any modification in the actual study. Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2020-03-31 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41899/3/Reliability.pdf Anis Nurshafiqah, Azhar and Nor Mazlina, Ghazali (2020) Reliability Analysis of an Instrument: A Preliminary Study of Experience in Close Relationship Scale (ECR) among Counsellor Trainees in a University. Journal of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, 6 (1). pp. 81-87. ISSN 2550-1623 https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/1651 https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.1651.2020
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Anis Nurshafiqah, Azhar
Nor Mazlina, Ghazali
Reliability Analysis of an Instrument: A Preliminary Study of Experience in Close Relationship Scale (ECR) among Counsellor Trainees in a University
description The study aims to evaluate the reliability and internal consistency of Experience in Close Relationship among counsellor trainees in one of the local universities. The questionnaire had 36 items that were tested on 58 students from Bachelor of Counselling with Honours program. The Experience in Close Relationship Scale (ECR) is used to assess attachment styles. The ECR assesses individual on two sub-scale of attachment which are attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety. This study presented listed items and internal consistency reliability analysis of Experience in Close Relationship Scale (ECR) in Malaysian context. The explanation on the items and reliability analysis represents the appropriateness of the instrument to trainee counsellors from public universities. The two sub-scale showed high reliability analysis. The reliability values of two sub-scale are reported respectively as following (i) attachment anxiety α = .86; and (ii) attachment avoidance α = .93. The instrument is reliable for assessing the attachment styles towards counsellor trainees at public universities. Therefore, the results from the pilot study showed that the questionnaire can be used without any modification in the actual study.
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author Anis Nurshafiqah, Azhar
Nor Mazlina, Ghazali
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Nor Mazlina, Ghazali
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title Reliability Analysis of an Instrument: A Preliminary Study of Experience in Close Relationship Scale (ECR) among Counsellor Trainees in a University
title_short Reliability Analysis of an Instrument: A Preliminary Study of Experience in Close Relationship Scale (ECR) among Counsellor Trainees in a University
title_full Reliability Analysis of an Instrument: A Preliminary Study of Experience in Close Relationship Scale (ECR) among Counsellor Trainees in a University
title_fullStr Reliability Analysis of an Instrument: A Preliminary Study of Experience in Close Relationship Scale (ECR) among Counsellor Trainees in a University
title_full_unstemmed Reliability Analysis of an Instrument: A Preliminary Study of Experience in Close Relationship Scale (ECR) among Counsellor Trainees in a University
title_sort reliability analysis of an instrument: a preliminary study of experience in close relationship scale (ecr) among counsellor trainees in a university
publisher Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2020
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41899/3/Reliability.pdf
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https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/1651
https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.1651.2020
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