2016 Volume 25 Issue Supplement Pages 276-286
The aim of this study is to develop a Japanese version of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) for motivation scales and to examine reliability and validity, that is, the motivated structure for nursing university students. To prepare the questionnaire with 31 items, the researcher translated the MSLQ, asked for the back-translation, and examined the pre-test. To this end, 609 nursing university students were investigated by the questionnaire. Responses were obtained from 417 students, and 330 were selected for analysis. A factor analysis using the weighted least squares method with promax rotation was conducted, after which, six factors were extracted from the Japanese version. The six factors were named as “Learning Value,” “Self-Efficacy for Learning and Performance,” “Test Anxiety,” “Extrinsic Goal Orientation,” “Possessing Learning Capacity and Skill,” and “Intrinsic Goal Orientation.” Cronbach’s α ranged from 0.612 to 0.865, the scale total was 0.891, and test-retest reliability ranged from 0.26 to 0.63. The validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the MSLQ were thus established.
