Development of Multidimensional Student Problems Inventory for University Students

Abstract

The aim of the present research was to develop a Multidimensional Student Problems Inventory (MDSPI), to evaluate the different difficulties for university students. In this study, 450 students from various government and private universities in Rawalpindi and Islamabad participated, 235 of whom were male and 215 of whom were female. The participants were between the ages of 18 and 29 (M = 23.71, SD = 3.06). The study used a convenience sampling technique to choose participants. The purpose of the study was to evaluate university students' academic difficulties in a number of areas such as financially, time management or teaching effectiveness. To make sure the inventory was reliable and valid, exploratory factor analysis, or EFA, was used. The result of EFA indicated six factors including financial constraints, psychological issues, time management and efficiency issues, health-related issues and teaching effectiveness issues. The inventory was reduced from 30 to 28 items after EFA. The components that were found had variance values of 14.09%, 10.43%, 7.96%, 6.61%, 5.51%, and 4.98%, with reliability coefficients ranging from.542 to.898. These results imply that the developed inventory is a reliable and valid instrument for evaluating the multifaceted academic issues that university students encounter. The study offers insightful information that helps educational institutions recognize and tackle the various issues affecting students' wellbeing and academic achievement.