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Mengyuan Zhao1,2, Garry Kuan2, Vinh Huy Chau3
1Department of Sports Rehabilitation, School of Humanistic Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
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.
Results:
Upon re-specification of the model, CFA results for the hypothesized single-factor model with eight items indicated an acceptable fit (CFI = 0.959, TLI = 0.943, SRMR = 0.036, RMSEA = 0.065). Cronbach's alpha and CR values were 0.785 and 0.880, respectively. Multi-group CFA results demonstrated measurement equivalence for the Chinese version of ASES across gender identities. The findings supported the measurement invariance of ASES-C for both male and female participants.
Conclusion:
The ASES-C, consisting of one factor and eight items, is a reliable instrument for assessing Chinese university students' self-efficacy in learning. Furthermore, it is suitable for making meaningful comparisons across gender identities.
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