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 self-efficacy. 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.