Date of Award
Spring 2017
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Counseling & Human Services
Program/Concentration
Educ Leadership/Counseling
Committee Director
Christopher Sink
Committee Member
Gulsah Kemer
Committee Member
Christopher Glass
Abstract
Although international students make up a significant percentage of the college population and contribute to higher education institutions in multiple ways, a lack of attention is paid to their safety needs. This dissertation examined the experiences and perceptions of campus safety among international college/university students in the United States. The researcher sampled participants from different institutions around the country, who self-identified as international students. A researcher-developed 53-item Likert scale questionnaire, International Students’ Safety Questionnaire (ISSQ), was administered to the sample. Findings from the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) provided evidence for the four-factor solution for the 26-item ISSQ accounting for 48.65% of the shared variance. Additionally, the ISSQ was found to have adequate internal consistency, a Cronbach alpha of .85 for the overall instrument and subscale alphas ranging from .72 to .81. Salient demographic variables, such as nationality, faith belief, college status and perceived proficiency in English, were found to be significantly linked to derived factor scores. Further, significant positive correlations were found between personality variables, such as extraversion, openness, and neuroticism, and the derived factor scores. Implications for counseling, counselor education, and higher education institutions, along with limitations and directions for future research are included.
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DOI
10.25777/3exk-6v23
ISBN
9780438151260
Recommended Citation
Ramrakhiani, Sonia H..
"An Exploratory Factor Analysis Examining Experiences and Perceptions of Campus Safety for International Students"
(2017). Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Dissertation, Counseling & Human Services, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/3exk-6v23
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