e-Pedagogium 2020, 20(4):52-63 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2021.007

Teacher interpersonal immediacy in the Czech education environment: Validity and reliability of the IBU questionnaire

Renáta Matušůa
a Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně, Fakulta humanitních studií, Štefánikova 5670, 760 01 Zlín, Czech Republic, e-mail: r_matusu@utb.cz

This research study looks at the fundamental characteristics of a good measurement of a newly designed research tool to detect a teacher's level of interpersonal immediate behaviour. The aim was to verify the design validity and reliability of the Interpersonal Immediacy of Teacher questionnaire (IBU) intended for lower-secondary level pupils. Using factor analysis, a five-factor solution was adopted, containing student-oriented immediacy factors, teaching of interpersonal immediacy, teacher positivity, sharing an informal framework and absence of inappropriate teacher behaviour. The reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated based on the Cronbach alpha coefficient as very satisfactory.

Keywords: teacher immediacy, questionnaire, factor analysis, reliability, lower-secondary level pupils

Received: September 30, 2020; Revised: January 12, 2021; Accepted: January 20, 2021; Published: April 22, 2021  Show citation

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Matušů, R. (2020). Teacher interpersonal immediacy in the Czech education environment: Validity and reliability of the IBU questionnaire. e-Pedagogium, 20(4), 52-63. doi: 10.5507/epd.2021.007
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