Objective:

This paper aims to design and validate of the Questionnaire on Teacher Perception of University Dropout based on Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model.

Method:

In this instrumental study, the University Dropout Questionnaire for use by teachers (CDUp, by its acronym in Spanish) was designed and validated in a sample of 464 teachers from a public and a private university of an intermediate city in Colombia. The construction of the questionnaire was carried out based on Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model.

Results:

The Exploratory Factor Analysis (CFA) with least squares extraction method and promax rotation threw a five-factor theoretical structure, explaining 55,28 % of the variance. The internal consistency of the instrument, estimated with Cronbach’s coefficient alpha (α = 0,890,95) and McDonald’s coefficient omega (ω = 0,87 0,95), revealed strong levels of reliability for all the scales: Intrapersonal, Personal Adaptation, Dysfunctional support networks, Teacher-student interaction, and Institutional aspects and employability.

Conclusion:

It is concluded that the CDUp is an instrument that presents optimal psychometric properties, which allows the measurement of the perception of risk that teachers have of the students who abandon the university system.

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