title: The validity and devolution of a concept: student alienation.
abstract: This study examined the correspondence between conceptual and empirical dimensions of student alienation. Responses from 2,056 secondary school students were analyzed using a multivariate technique, smallest space analysis. Except for a few items, there was a basic correspondence between a multidimensional conceptualization of alienation and empirical dimensions articulated by students. Such a correspondence for both intermediate and high school students serves to strengthen confidence in the concept of multidimensional alienation specific to the school context.
authors.affiliation: Social Science Research Institute, University of Hawaii, Manoa.
authors.forename: R Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Mau
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D012918:Social Alienation / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*