Schiefele, U., Krapp, A., Wild, K. -P. & Winteler, A. (1993). Der "Fragebogen zum Studieninteresse" (FSI).

Diagnostica, 39, 335-351.

Items of the
"Study Interest Questionnaire" (SIQ)

In the following, you will find a number of statements related to your major. Please indicate in
each case to what extent these statements are true for you.
Answers can range from 0 (not at all true) to 3 (completely true).
* = Reversed coding

1. Feeling-related valences
1) Working with the subject matter and problems of my major is not really among my favorite
activities.*
2) I don't like to talk much about the subject matter related to my studies.*
3) After a long weekend or vacation I look forward to getting back to my studies.
4) Being involved with my major puts me in a good mood.
5) I prefer to talk about my hobbies rather than about my major.*
6) When I am in a library or bookstore, I like to browse through magazines or books having to
do with topics related to my major.
7) Many areas within my major don't mean anything to me.*

2. Value-related valences
8) It was of great personal importance to me to be able to study this particular subject.
9) To be absolutely honest, I feel sometimes rather indifferent towards my major.*
10) The subject matter of my major has in fact very little to do with my self-realization.*
11) Compared to other things that are of great importance to me (e.g., hobbies, social life), my
studies are of markedly less significance to me.*
12) Working with particular subject matter is more important to me than leisure and
amusement.
13) Even before I started studying, my current major was important to me.
14) I'm certain that studying my major has a positive influence on my personality.

3. Intrinsic orientation
15) If I had enough time, I would work more intensively with certain aspects of my studies,
even if they had nothing to do with any course requirements.
16) I am confident that I have chosen the major that corresponds to my personal preferences.
17) Even before coming to college I voluntarily spent time thinking about the subject matter of
my major (e.g., read books, went to lectures, had conversation with others).
18) I chose my major primarily because of the interesting subject matter involved.
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These scales do not form different factors. The SIQ is unidimensional both in terms of factor
and Rasch analyses.
If you want to use a short version, we recommend the following items: 3,5,6,8,11,12,13,16,18.
B. Measurement of (Text-Related) Topic Interest

The text you are going to read is about "Topic XY". Before you start reading the text, we
want you to give your opinion on the topic of the text. In order to do so, you might find it
helpful to read a short summary of the text. ...Summary follows...

Now you have an idea what the text is about and might be able to answer the following scales:

1. Feeling-related valences

While reading the text on "Topic XY" I expect to feel

not at some-
all what quite very
bored* 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
stimulated 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
interested 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
involved 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

2. Value-related valences

To me personally, the topic "XY" is

not at some-
all what quite very
meaningful 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
useful 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
worthless* 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

* Reversed coding