PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Matušů, Renáta
TI  - Teacher interpersonal immediacy in the Czech education environment: Validity and reliability of the IBU questionnaire
DP  - 2021 Apr 22
TA  - e-Pedagogium
PG  - 52--63
VI  - 20
IP  - 4
AID - 10.5507/epd.2021.007
IS  - 12137758
AB  - 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.