Table 1 Varimax rotated factor solutions of the ADLIB for two samples
From: Psychometric properties of the Adelaide Diagnostic Learning Inventory-Brief (ADLIB)
Items | Sample 1 4th year medical students (n = 129) | Sample 2 physiotherapy students (n = 200) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comp 1 | Comp 2 | Comp 3 | Communal | Comp 1 | Comp 2 | Comp 3 | Communal | |
Distracted Learning (DSL) | ||||||||
16. Don’t spent enough time studying | .84 | .09 | − .10 | .71 | .81 | − .14 | − .05 | .67 |
18. Impossible to keep a regular schedule | .83 | .22 | .00 | .73 | .68 | .07 | − .09 | .48 |
1. Spend less time studying than others | .80 | − .02 | .07 | .64 | .73 | − .30 | − .10 | .64 |
3. Put off work to end of term | .80 | .03 | − .01 | .65 | .77 | .10 | .02 | .60 |
4. More interested in social life than work | .77 | .09 | − .12 | .62 | .57 | − .04 | − .10 | .34 |
20. Cope with exams by cramming | .62 | .05 | − .18 | .42 | .72 | .05 | − .03 | .52 |
17. No time to look over notes during term time | .53 | .01 | − .08 | .29 | .62 | .03 | − .21 | .43 |
Anxious/Inefficient Learning (AIL) | ||||||||
10. Much effort in learning but it doesn’t stick | − .21 | .79 | − .08 | .67 | − .25 | .77 | .11 | .67 |
12. Work hard but rarely satisfied with results | − .15 | .77 | − .07 | .63 | − .17 | .67 | .10 | .48 |
7. worry About failing exams | .11 | .69 | .03 | .49 | .04 | .64 | − .09 | .42 |
2. Concentrate on detail and lose big picture | .22 | .67 | − .12 | .52 | − .05 | .60 | .00 | .36 |
11. Worry about coping with course | .11 | .61 | − .06 | .39 | .00 | .72 | .06 | .53 |
19. Difficulty fitting facts into a big picture | .10 | .62 | − .04 | .40 | .08 | .61 | − .25 | .44 |
15. Trouble organising information | .36 | .57 | -.16 | .48 | .24 | .67 | -.15 | .53 |
Independent/Deep Learning (IDL) | ||||||||
14. Visualise situation learnt material might apply | − .03 | .07 | .74 | .55 | − .16 | − .09 | .69 | .52 |
6. Play with own ideas about studied material | − .07 | − .13 | .71 | .52 | .10 | − .15 | .75 | .59 |
9. Map out new topic for myself | .04 | .06 | .65 | .43 | − .14 | .11 | .51 | .29 |
8. Relate new ideas to real-life experience | .04 | − .12 | .64 | .42 | − .06 | − .10 | .69 | .49 |
21. Try to work out alternative interpretation of results | − .20 | − .03 | .63 | .44 | − .02 | − .01 | .54 | .29 |
5. Try to think of alternative solutions and test them | − .09 | − .10 | .65 | .44 | − .02 | − .06 | .63 | .41 |
13. After reading something important, I think about it | − .17 | − .23 | .60 | .44 | − .21 | .00 | .59 | .39 |
Total | Total | |||||||
Percent variance | 24.3 | 15.1 | 12.5 | 51.8 | 20.1 | 17.0 | 11.0 | 48.1 |