Adaptation of academic entitlement questionnaire

Abstract

Academic entitlement is one of the most significant problems that affect not only students’ academic success but also lead them to engage in various uncivil and undesired behaviors such as disrespect, anger and aggression. It might disrupt individuals’ psychological and social adaptation by itself or interacting with other problems. Academically entitled students are inconsiderate of their friends, intolerant to even constructive feedback, and exhibit unethical behaviors such as cheating, plagiarism, etc.. This global phenomenon is a significant problem in Turkey as well. Therefore, the need for having a sound grasp of academic entitlement led to initial reliability and validity studies of Academic Entitlement Questionnaire in Turkish Culture in this study. Analyses were carried out on 469 participants data, 351 (75%) of whom were females and 118 (25%) of whom were males. It was found that Turkish and English forms were equivalent, the construct with a-five-item unidimensional scale was confirmed. Furthermore, for concurrent validity, relationship between academic entitlement and similar structures of narcissism, entitlement and academic self-efficacy was investigated. Results indicated that academic entitlement was found to be significantly related to narcissism and entitlement and negatively related to academic selfefficacy. This indicates that academic entitlement despite related to these three structures is a different construct. For reliability, internal consistency coefficients and test-retest methods were used. These analyses indicated that the scale assess academic entitlement consistently. Thus, it can be stated that Academic Entitlement Questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring academic entitlement of Turkish university students.