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The Delaware School Climate Questionnaire (DSCQ), initiated by Delaware and his associates, has been utilized as a common tool to explore and evaluate school climate in different countries. The purpose of the current study was to adapt the DSCQ into Mongolian and examine its psychometric properties with a sample of 1,174 secondary school students. The results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis verified the uni-dimensionality of the scale and confirmed the Mongolian version of DSCQ fit the three-factor model. The Cronbach alpha value of the total scale was 0.92, whereas correlation coefficients representing convergent validity varied from 0.30 to 0.72 (p .01). The criterion validity of the scale was determined to be 0.3 when the Mongolian language and math achievement test score was used as a criterion in concurrent validity analysis. The results suggest that the Mongolian version of the DSCQ is a valid and reliable tool to evaluate school climate in Mongolian samples. Article visualizations:
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