Abstract

The school participation scale was developed by John-Akinola and Nic-Gabhainn (2014) to assess student's participation at school from his/her perspective. This investigation aimed to estimate the psychometrics properties of this questionnaire in a sample of 1428 secondary students from Chile (53% females), with ages from 12 to 21 years old (M=15.59; SD=1.52). Bifactor analyses showed best fit for the proposed hierarchical structure, and the internal consistency coefficients were adequate. Results suggest that the Chilean version of the school participation scale is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing this construct in school aged children in Chile.