The Short Version of Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis in Vietnamese Nursing Students

Table 3

Cronbach’s alpha and item-total correlations (n = 102).

No.	Variables	CITC	CAID
	The total scale Cronbach’s alpha = 0.89
	Deep scale Cronbach’s alpha = 0.82
C2	When I’m reading an article or book, i try to find out for myself exactly what the author means	0.48	0.80
C6	Before tackling a problem or assignment, i first try to work out what lies behind it	0.69	0.75
C10	When i’m working on a new topic, i try to see in my own mind how all the ideas fit together	0.71	0.75
C12	Often i find myself questioning things i hear in lectures or read in books	0.55	0.78
C15	Ideas in course books or articles often set me off on long chains of thought of my own	0.45	0.80
C17	When i read, i examine the details carefully to see how they fit in with what’s being said	0.59	0.77
	Strategic scale Cronbach’s alpha = 0.89
C3	I organize my study time carefully to make the best use of it	0.70	0.87
C5	I work steadily through the term or semester, rather than leave it all until the last minute	0.78	0.85
C7	I’m pretty good at getting down to work whenever i need to	0.65	0.88
C9	I put a lot of effort into studying because i’m determined to do well	0.71	0.87
C11	I don’t find it at all difficult to motivate myself	0.66	0.88
C13	I think i’m quite systematic and organized when it comes to revising for exams	0.74	0.86
	Surface scale Cronbach’s alpha = 0.70
C1	I often have trouble in making sense of the things i have to remember	0.46	0.64
C4	There’s not much of the work here that i find interesting or relevant	0.35	0.67
C8	Much of what i’m studying makes little sense: it’s like unrelated bits and pieces	0.30	0.70
C14	Often i feel i’m drowning in the sheer amount of material we’re having to cope with	0.51	0.62
C16	I’m not really sure what’s important in lectures, so i try to get down all i can	0.54	0.61
C18	I often worry about whether i’ll ever be able to cope with the work properly	0.40	0.66

CITC, corrected item-total correlation; CAID, Cronbach’s alpha if items deleted values.