Reexamining the Writing Apprehension Measure — Rhetoric & Composition

Business and Professional Communication Quarterly Dec 2017

Reexamining the Writing Apprehension Measure

Hamlet Autman ; Stephanie Kelly

Abstract

This article contains two measurement development studies on writing apprehension. Study 1 reexamines the validity of the writing apprehension measure based on the finding from prior research that a second false factor was embedded. The findings from Study 1 support the validity of a reduced measure with 6 items versus the original 20-item measure. However, this shorter measure had poor reliability. Therefore, Study 2 sought to correct the reliability issue by updating the wording of items so it was applicable to broader platforms of writing. The final measure had excellent reliability and validity statistics.

Journal: Business and Professional Communication Quarterly
Published: 2017-12-01
DOI: 10.1177/2329490617691968
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Topics: multilingual writers

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