I deserve more A's: A report on the development of a measure of academic entitlement

PLoS One. 2020 Sep 30;15(9):e0239721. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239721. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

This paper reports the results of a multi-stage effort to develop a measure of Academic Entitlement. An empirical/rational approach was taken to develop items and reduce the item set for a final version of the Academic Entitlement Scale (AES). The measure includes seven dimensions: Accommodation, Reward for Effort, Responsibility Avoidance, Grade Haggling, Customer Orientation, Customer Service Expectations, and General Academic Entitlement. Fit, using Confirmatory Factor Analysis, for the seven-factor correlated model and a bifactor model including General AE and the six specific factors, was good. The full measure is reported along with descriptive statistics for the scale and preliminary validation evidence.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Academic Success*
  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Personality Tests / standards*
  • Self Concept*
  • Students / psychology*
  • Young Adult

Grants and funding

The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.