title: Measuring autonomy support in university students: the Spanish version of the Learning Climate Questionnaire.
abstract: The goals of this research were to translate and analyze the psychometric properties of the Learning Climate Questionnaire (LCQ) and to develop a short form. The LCQ is a 15-item self-report measure that assesses autonomy support in educational settings. A total of 422 students (60 men and 362 women) took part in this study. Results showed evidence of construct validity and adequate reliability for the LCQ. The short form consists of five items that showed sound psychometric properties. Results of Pearson correlation and Gower index showed high agreement between the long and short forms. In conclusion, both forms can be considered as preliminary versions of the original questionnaire to assess autonomy support in educational settings.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología y Sociología, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, C/. Santa Juana de Arco, 1. 35004 Las Palmas, Spain. jnunez@dps.ulpgc.es
authors.forename: Juan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Núñez
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: León
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grijalvo
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martín Albo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007858:Learning; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014495:Universities