Abstract

BUENO-ALVAREZ, José-Antonio; MARTIN-MARTIN, Margarita-Carmen; NAVARRO-ASENCIO, Enrique  and  ASENSIO-MUNOZ, Isabel-Inmaculada. Evidence for the validity of the Teachers’ Sense of Self-efficacy scale in a Spanish sample. Anal. Psicol. [online]. 2023, vol.39, n.2, pp.252-264.  Epub Mar 04, 2024. ISSN 1695-2294.  https://dx.doi.org/10.6018/analesps.522321.

Teachers’ sense of self-efficacy is a hard construct to measure but is important in view of to its relationship with the quality of education. This work aims to gather evidence regarding the consistency and validity of a version of the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) for use in Spain. The data come from a Spanish group of future early-years, primary and high school teachers (N = 744), and they are analysed using a multivariate approach suitable for ordinal scales, with confirmatory factor analysis (ULSMV) and decision trees (CHAID and CART). After evaluating three measurement models, evidence for the validity of a construct structure with three factors and 17 items with acceptable fit indices is provided. In addition, the convergence and consistency of the construct are both endorsed, as is the usefulness of the items for predicting overall teacher self-efficacy in the groups of undergraduate and master's students in the sample studied.

Keywords : Adaptation; Confirmatory factor analysis; Decision trees; Teaching self-efficacy; Teachers in training; Validation.

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