title: [Assessment of psychometric properties of the academic involvement questionnaire, expectations version].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Academic Involvement Questionnaire, Expectations version (CIA-A), assesses the expectations of involvement in studies. It is a relevant predictor of student success. However, the evidence of its validity and reliability in Chile is low, and in the case of Medical students, there is no evidence at all.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the factorial structure and internal consistency of the CIA-A in Chilean Medical school freshmen.
  
  
  METHODS
  The survey was applied to 340 Medicine freshmen, chosen by non-probability quota sampling. They answered a back-translated version of CIA-A from Portuguese to Spanish, plus a sociodemographic questionnaire. For psychometric analysis of the CIA-A, an exploratory factor analysis was carried on, the reliability of the factors was calculated, a descriptive analysis was conducted and their correlation was assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five factors were identified: vocational, institutional and social involvement, use of resources and student participation. Their reliabilities ranged between Cronbach's alpha values of 0.71 to 0.87. Factors also showed statistically significant correlations between each other.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Identified factor structure is theoretically consistent with the structure of original version. It just disagrees in one factor. In addition, the factors' internal consistency were adequate for using them in research. This supports the construct validity and reliability of the CIA-A to assess involvement expectations in medical school freshmen.
authors.forename: Cristhian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pérez V
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ortiz M
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fasce H
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parra P
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Matus B
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McColl C
authors.forename: Graciela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Torres A
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meyer K
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Márquez U
authors.forename: Javiera
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ortega B
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002677:Chile; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations; D055815:Young Adult