Factor Structure of the Academic Expectations Stress Inventory

In order to evaluate the factor structure and psycho- metric properties of the Academic Expectations Stress Inventory (AESI, Ang and Huan, 2006), 143 male and 182 female high school students were administered the AESI and the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (FNES-B, Leary, 1983). Exploratory factor analysis confirmed the two factor-structure of the AESI in the Iranian sample: Expectations of Parents/Teachers and Expectations of Self. The findings of confirmatory factor analysis provi- ded support for the factor structure derived from explo- ratory factor analysis and suggested that the two-factor model of AESI, compared to the one-factor model, was a better fit to the data. Significant positive correlations bet- ween the scores of BFNES scale and AESI's total and subscales scores provided empirical support for the con- vergent validity of the AESI. Internal consistency of the AESI total score and its subscales was good. The findings support the consistency of the AESI factor structure, and its validity in measuring stress of academic expectations in Iranian students.