Factor Analysis of the Regulatory Emotional Self-efficacy Scale of Chinese College Students

Abstract

In this study we assessed the regulatory emotional self-efficacy (RESE) of Chinese college students by collecting documentary resources and consulting relevant scales. The participants in the study were 927 college students from the provinces of Jiangsu, Guangdong, Anhui, and Gansu. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were both applied in the scale analysis. The RESE scale of Chinese college students consisted of perceived self-efficacy in managing inferiority, happiness or contentment, envy, dread and fear, selfconfidence, curiosity, and reliance. The cross-validity of the scale was satisfied.

The Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale: Issues of Reliability and Validity Within a Turkish Sample Group

“…It is crucial to examine the structure of the scale in Turkish language. As a result of the confirmatory factor analysis, it was determined that the RESE maintained its original structure in Turkish which is determined in Italy, Bolivia, USA (Caprara et al, 2008) and China (Zhao et al, 2013). Receiving a similar result in Turkish culture in which this study was conducted showed consistency with the previous study.…”

“…This is a significant finding suggesting that the RESE is a global scale. Also, it was concluded that the consistency level of the scale in Turkish is satisfactory for total; measuring the concept of emotional self-efficacy while especially for different factor structures obtained in China (Zhao et al, 2013), regulatory emotional self-efficacy had different qualifications in Chinese culture.…”

“…However, Caprara et al (2008), with reference that there can be effects of cultural differences in regulatory emotional self-efficacy, confirmed that regulatory emotional self-efficacy did not demonstrate difference according to the gender when reliability and validity studies were conducted with a sample study from USA, Italy and Bolivia. The evidence of strong psychometric characteristics in different structures in some Western and non-Westerns societies were actually found (Caprara et al, 2008;Zhao et al, 2013). It is crucial to examine the structure of the scale in Turkish language.…”

“…The researchers (Bandura, 1993;Bandura, 1997;Totan, 2014a;Vignoles, Regalia, Manzi, Golledge, & Scabini, 2006) describe self-efficacy in managing positive affect as the competence belief in showing or experiencing such affects as amusement, enthusiasm and pride as a result of successful and satisfying events. The examination of the structure of regulatory self-efficacy suggested its validity and reliability in a number of cultures like USA, Bolivia, and Italy (Caprara et al, 2008;Zhao et al, 2013). Therefore, the aim of this study is to translate the RESE into Turkish and to conduct validity and reliability studies on Turkish youth in the context of classical test theory.…”

Emotional Self-Efficacy among A Sample of Faculty Members and Its Relation to Gender (Male/Female), Experience, Qualification, and Specialization

“…10, No. 1; 2017 emotional situation, and to understand the feelings of others, and to identify positive and negative emotional expressions with a level of self-confidence of an ability to adapt to emotional effectively situation and adapt to the surrounding events, and the ability perceived as avoiding anger and frustration and negative emotions and face success and positive events and the expression of positive emotions in an appropriate manner (Zhao et al, 2013). And it is an individual's judgment on his ability to identify and understand self-emotions and manage those emotions, and dealing with the emotions that emerge from the others, and the ability to perceive emotion through facial expressions and body language, which is calculated by the degree which the faculty member obtain on emotional self-efficacy scale used for the purposes of this study.…”