Award Date

May 2023

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education

First Committee Member

Alice Corkill

Second Committee Member

Daniel Wright

Third Committee Member

Harsha Perera

Fourth Committee Member

Daniel Allen

Number of Pages

236

Abstract

Modern mindfulness is a catch-all term. Just exactly what it looks like within the context of education and how it is taught vastly varies. As such, program fidelity and integrity is questioned. Here a definition of mindful self-regulated learning is proposed and the Mindful Self-Regulated Learning Scale (m-SRLS) is developed. This includes item generation and development, systematic testing of item performance, scale dimensionality, convergent and divergent validity, measurement invariance across groups and subgroups, and scale reliability over a series of five pilot studies and five primary studies using independent samples. The resulting m-SRLS is a context specific measurement tool that can be used to assess the effectiveness of secularized mindfulness training programs with specific focus on their utility in education.

Keywords

Assessment; Education; Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling; Mindful Self-Regulated Learning; Mindfulness; Self-Regulation

Disciplines

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Educational Psychology | Science and Mathematics Education | Social and Behavioral Sciences

File Format

pdf

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Rights

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