The Study Crafting Scale (SCS): A Study of its Psychometric Properties

The Study Crafting Scale (SCS) is a newly developed tool for measuring individual and collaborative crafting behaviours in academic contexts with students. This study assessed the psychometric properties of the SCS in 451 university students. The participants completed the Study Crafting Scale (SCS), the Study Satisfaction Scale (SSS), and the Flourishing Scale (FS). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported a bi-factor structure comprising Individual Study Crafting (ISC), Collaborative Study Crafting (CSC), and a General Study Crafting factor, with good fit indices (CFI = .96, TLI = .94, RMSEA = .06, SRMR = .05). Internal consistency was high for both dimensions (ISC α = .88; CSC α = .89) and the overall scale (SCS α = .89). Concurrent validity was confirmed through statistically significant and positive correlations between the Study Crafting Scale and the Study Satisfaction Scale as well as the Study Crafting Scale and the Flourishing Scale. These findings suggest that the SCS is a reliable instrument for evaluating study crafting in university students.