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The Russian adaptation of the Handelman’s Adolescent Apathy Inventory
Exactly 20 years ago, Handelman (1999) developed the Adolescent Apathy Inventory (AAI). It is questionable if all the items of the AAI are still up to date, but it is a single instrument for the measurement of adolescent apathy. The goal of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Russian version of the AAI. The study group consists of 346 Russian-speaking students (aged 16 to 25). Results from exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the inventory’s onedimensional structure. Correlation analyses provided first evidence for the inventory’s convergent and divergent validity: adolescent apathy showed positive correlations with maladaptive academic dimensions (e.g., alienation from study) and negative correlations with positive dimensions (e.g., intrinsic motivation for knowledge). Finally, inventory showed good reliability (Cronbach’s α- = 0.76) and temporal stability over one-month period (mean test-retest correlation = 0.71). The present findings suggest that the Russian version of the AAI is a reliable and valid instrument for the measurement of adolescent apathy. For future studies on the Russian version of the AAI, it may also be useful to gather information on the predictive validity of the AAI scores