TY  - JOUR
A1  - Zyl, Llewellyn Ellardus van
A1  - Klibert, Jeff
A1  - Shankland, Rebecca
A1  - See-To, Eric
A1  - Rothmann, Sebastiaan
T1  - The general academic self-efficacy scale: psychometric properties, longitudinal invariance, and criterion validity
T2  - Journal of psychoeducational assessment
N2  - Academic self-efficacy (ASE) refers to a student’s global belief in his/her ability to master the various academic challenges at university and is an essential antecedent of wellbeing and performance. The five-item General Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (GASE) showed promise as a short and concise measure for overall ASE. However, of its validity and reliability outside of Scandinavia is limited. Therefore, this paper aimed to investigate the psychometric properties, longitudinal invariance, and criterion validity of the GASE within a sample of university students (Time 1: n = 1056 & Time 2: n = 592) in the USA and Western Europe. The results showed that a unidimensional factorial model of overall ASE fitted the data well was reliable and invariant across time. Further, criterion validity was established by finding a positive relationship with task performance at different time stamps. Therefore, the GASE can be used as a valid and reliable measure for general ASE.
KW  - academic self-efficacy
KW  - task performance
KW  - longitudinal invariance
KW  - longitudinal confirmatory factor analysis
KW  - university students
Y1  - 2022
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62888
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-628881
SN  - 1557-5144
VL  - 40
IS  - 6
SP  - 777
EP  - 789
PB  - Sage
CY  - Thousand Oaks, Calif.
ER  -