Validation of the College Self-Efficacy Scale for Students in the United States and Turkey

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Abstract

Recent studies have discussed the impact of college self-efficacy on academic performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure of college self-efficacy inventory (CSEI) for two different countries: the United States and Turkey. Volunteer undergraduate level students from several universities completed the survey online. Investigators completed a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to examine the factor structure of participants’ reported response to their level of self-efficacy. Although, the original CSEI did not fit the data exactly, with minor modifications it represented the construct of college self-efficacy. This paper describes conduct of the CFA process for CSEI.

Author

• Ipek Ozer, Kent State University