The Self-Efficacy Scale in Academic Life: Psychometric Properties in New Students to the University Level
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2021 |
| Descripción: | This research article aimed to develop an instrument for measuring self-efficacy in academic life (SAL) of students, defined as the set of psychological, social, economic, and academic aspects directly or indirectly associated with the students’ academic life. Under a non-experimental, descriptive, correlational design, and with a sample of 2926 new students (55.1% women) to university education, the psychometric qualities of a set of SAL indicators were explored. The information was collected using a questionnaire form implemented via computer. This instrument comprised 102 items distributed in 14 factors that explained 59.5% of the variance with alpha reliability between .77 and .90 for the factors and .89 for the whole structure. The scale obtained an adequate concurrent validity with respect to the Self-efficacy scale in academic conduct when reaching favorable correlations between .40 and .60. The self-efficacy scale in academic life (SSAL) results also has percentile values in each of its subscales and cut-off values with high reliability set at the 25th percentile, which allows identifying subjects at risk. Low levels of self-efficacy have been reported associated with school dropouts and low academic performance. Focused as a diagnostic support instrument for university tutoring, the SSAL can help prevent adaptive problems in new students at the university level. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Lenguaje: | Español Inglés Portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/11836 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/11836 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Academic life academic performance academic self-efficacy scale Autoeficacia académica escala rendimiento académico vida académica Autoeficácia acadêmica desempenho acadêmico vida acadêmica |