Validation and measurement invariance of the Chinese version of the academic self-efficacy scale for university students.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES-C) and confirm its measurement invariance across gender identities.

Methods

In this study, 502 university students (29.68% male, 70.32% female) with a mean age of 19.93 years (SD = 1.64) voluntarily participated. The Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (ASE) was utilized as a unidimensional measure of students' learning efficacy. The English version of ASES was translated into Chinese using a forward-backward translation procedure. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and invariance testing were conducted with the single-factor model of ASES. Composite reliability (CR) and internal consistency were calculated based on Cronbach's alpha.

SUBMITTER: Zhao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11432435 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature