Validation of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire among clinical clerkship students in Malaysia.

ABSTRACT: The 81-item Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) is a validated tool for measuring self-regulated learning (SRL) and comprises two scales, Motivation and Learning strategies. Although its use in health professions education has been well established, validation in clinical clerkship years is scant. This study aims to investigate the structural validity and internal consistency of MSLQ in the context of Malaysian clinical clerkship students. The data from 349 clinical clerkship students, who completed the adapted MSLQ was used to test the internal consistency and hypothesised factor structure using confirmatory factor analysis for both the Motivation and Learning strategies scales. For the Motivation scale, the Cronbach's alpha values ranged from 0.63 to 0.90 and for the L

SUBMITTER: Fatima S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11978056 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature