Composición Factorial de una Escala de Autoeficacia en el Ámbito Sociocultural en Universitarios de Ingeniería

Abstract

ResumenEl presente estudio analiza las propiedades psicométricas de una escala de autoeficacia en el ámbito sociocultural en universitarios de ingeniería. La muestra total fue de 592 sujetos; 143 mujeres y 449 hombres estudiantes de ingeniería, con una edad media de 18.54 años. La estructura factorial del cuestionario se analizó a través de análisis factoriales exploratorio y confirmatorio. Los análisis, mostraron que una estructura bifactorial es viable y adecuada; con indicadores de ajuste, de fiabilidad y de validez apropiados. Además, los resultados de los análisis factoriales llevados a cabo con las submuestras 1 y 2, indican la existencia de fuertes evidencias de estabilidad de la estructura factorial, hasta que no se demuestre lo contrario. Palabras clave: psicometría, validez de las pruebas, creencias del estudiante, actitudes del estudiante, pruebas psicológicasFactor structure of a self-efficacy scale in the sociocultural ambit on university students of engineering AbstractThe present study analyses the psychometric properties of the self-efficacy scale in the sociocultural ambit on university students of engineering. The total sample comprised 592 participants; 143 female and 449 male students of engineering, with a mean age of 18.5 years. The factor structure of the questionnaire was analyzed through two separate exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Psychometric analysis showed that a two-factorial structure was viable and adequate; with appropriate indicators of adjustment, reliability and validity. In addition, factor analysis conducted with subsamples 1 and 2 indicated the presence of strong evidence of factor structure stability, until proven otherwise.

Una Revisión De La Investigación Educativa Sobre Autoeficacia Y Teoría Cognitivo Social en Hispanoamérica

“…Entre los 16 trabajos psicométricos predominan los trabajos que diseñan y analizan instrumentos originados en la región para la medida de la autoeficacia académica genéricamente considerada (5,6,14,43,47,48,24) o relativa a conductas académicas específicas (2,31,38). Se cuenta también con algunos trabajos centrados en la adaptación y validación de instrumentos usados en el contexto anglosajón para medidas tales como las fuentes de autoeficacia (58), la autoeficacia computacional (36,44), la autoeficacia para la elección de carrera (52), expectativas de resultado y metas (17) y la autoeficacia general (32).…”

Factorial Invariance of Self-Efficacy in the Sociocultural Sphere Scale on Men and Women University Students

“…Then, the instrument explained above was applied using a personal computer using the administrator of the instrument module (Muñoz et al, 2012), in a session of about 20 minutes; in the computer labs of the participating academic units. At the beginning of each session students were given a brief introduction on the importance of the research and how to access the instrument; instructions on how to respond were in the first screens; before the first instrument item.…”

“…Self-efficacy in the Sociocultural Sphere Scale (EAAAS) is a Likert questionnaire assisted by computer of 9 items (Muñoz et al, 2012) where the respondent answers on a scale of 0 to 10, how capable he feels in every one of the items of the factors Promotion of the culture and Cultural Identity.…”

Factorial Composition of the Self-efficacy in the Sociocultural Sphere Scale in College Freshmen

“…The self-efficacy in promotion of the culture and cultural identity was measured by the Self-efficacy in the Sociocultural Sphere Scale [1]. This questionnaire consists of a nine-item scale with two subscales: promotion of the culture (six items) and cultural identity (three items).…”

“…Therefore, the present instrumental study [22] is aimed to provide empirical support for the factorial division proposed by [1] for the Self-efficacy in the Sociocultural Sphere Scale; which it is justified by the importance of checking the factorial structure of the instrument and the psychometric equivalence of it in different groups; since in the context of intergroup comparison, it is essential to consider the need to conduct the adaptation of an instrument of psychological measure that would meet all the criteria of equivalence, but above all, consider whether the same factorial structure is applicable to different groups of subjects or, more generically, to different populations [23]. So in the present study, the interest is not only in the structure of the instrument, but also in the psychometric equivalence of it in different groups.…”