TY - JOUR
T1 - The General Academic Self-Efficacy Scale
T2 - Psychometric Properties, Longitudinal Invariance, and Criterion Validity
AU - van Zyl, Llewellyn E.
AU - Klibert, Jeff
AU - Shankland, Rebecca
AU - See-To, Eric W.K.
AU - Rothmann, Sebastiaan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - Academic self-efficacy (ASE) refers to a student’s global belief in his/her ability to master the various academic challenges at university and is an essential antecedent of wellbeing and performance. The five-item General Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (GASE) showed promise as a short and concise measure for overall ASE. However, of its validity and reliability outside of Scandinavia is limited. Therefore, this paper aimed to investigate the psychometric properties, longitudinal invariance, and criterion validity of the GASE within a sample of university students (Time 1: n = 1056 & Time 2: n = 592) in the USA and Western Europe. The results showed that a unidimensional factorial model of overall ASE fitted the data well was reliable and invariant across time. Further, criterion validity was established by finding a positive relationship with task performance at different time stamps. Therefore, the GASE can be used as a valid and reliable measure for general ASE.
AB - Academic self-efficacy (ASE) refers to a student’s global belief in his/her ability to master the various academic challenges at university and is an essential antecedent of wellbeing and performance. The five-item General Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (GASE) showed promise as a short and concise measure for overall ASE. However, of its validity and reliability outside of Scandinavia is limited. Therefore, this paper aimed to investigate the psychometric properties, longitudinal invariance, and criterion validity of the GASE within a sample of university students (Time 1: n = 1056 & Time 2: n = 592) in the USA and Western Europe. The results showed that a unidimensional factorial model of overall ASE fitted the data well was reliable and invariant across time. Further, criterion validity was established by finding a positive relationship with task performance at different time stamps. Therefore, the GASE can be used as a valid and reliable measure for general ASE.
KW - academic self-efficacy
KW - longitudinal confirmatory factor analysis
KW - longitudinal invariance
KW - task performance
KW - university students
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85131072807&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/07342829221097174
DO - 10.1177/07342829221097174
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85131072807
SN - 0734-2829
VL - 40
SP - 777
EP - 789
JO - Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
JF - Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
IS - 6
ER -