The Factorial Validity of the Teacher Interpersonal Self-Efficacy Scale.

Autor/inn/en	Brouwers, Andre; Tomic, Welko
Titel	The Factorial Validity of the Teacher Interpersonal Self-Efficacy Scale.
Quelle	(1999), (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Collegiality; Foreign Countries; Interpersonal Competence; Secondary Education; Secondary School Teachers; Self Efficacy; Student Behavior; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Collaboration; Teacher Student Relationship; Test Validity; Vocational Schools; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kollegialität; Ausland; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Sekundarbereich; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrerkooperation; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Testvalidität; Vocational school; Berufsbildende Schule; Berufsschule; Fachschule; Niederlande
Abstract	This study tested the factorial validity of the Teacher Interpersonal Self-Efficacy Scale, which measures teachers' self-efficacy beliefs regarding the interpersonal domain of their functioning. The scale includes three subscales to assess teacher perceived self-efficacy in (1) managing student behavior in the classroom, (2) eliciting support from colleagues, and (3) eliciting support from principals. Following self-efficacy theory, which posits that self-efficacy beliefs are linked to specific activities, it was hypothesized that the three Teacher Interpersonal Self-Efficacy Subscales comprised three different activities linked to teacher self-efficacy beliefs. Confirmatory factory analysis confirmed the hypothesis by showing an adequate fit of the three-factor oblique model, the model in which the items of the three subscales were allowed to load on their respective factors. Since the fit of the three-factor oblique model was significantly better than both the two-factor model and the one-factor model, the researchers conclude that teachers' self-efficacy beliefs differ for the three activities measured (managing student behavior, eliciting support from colleagues, and eliciting support from principals). They conclude that the Teacher Interpersonal Self-Efficacy Scale is a reliable and a factorially valid measurement to assess teachers' beliefs about their abilities to acquire and maintain easy, pleasant, and helpful working relationships. (Contains 43 references.) (SM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC