Evaluating Construct Validity of the Middle School Self-Efficacy Scale with High School Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Summers, Jessica J.; Falco, Lia D.
Titel	Evaluating Construct Validity of the Middle School Self-Efficacy Scale with High School Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Career Development, 49 (2022) 4, S.735-752 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0894-8453
DOI	10.1177/0894845318773383
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Self Efficacy; High School Students; Psychometrics; Career Choice; Decision Making; Self Concept Measures; Vocational Maturity; Construct Validity; Reliability; Intervention; Standards; Career Counseling; Outcome Measures; Student Characteristics; Factor Analysis; Arizona; Career Decision Making Self Efficacy Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Berufsreife; Reliabilität; Standard; Faktorenanalyse
Abstract	This study presents an exemplar for psychometric evaluation and modification of established measures when applied to new populations. Specifically, we describe the use of two subscales (Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale and Math/Science Self-Efficacy Scale) from the Middle School Self-Efficacy Scale (MSSES) as outcome measures in an intervention study of high school students. Several researchers have utilized the MSSES with high school students since it was developed by Fouad, Smith, and Enochs 20 years ago, but few studies have examined it for construct validity with a high school sample, even though the measure was designed for a middle school population. Our findings demonstrated that the MSSES required modification for high school students in order to meet the standards of reliability and validity in a counseling intervention study. The discussion focuses on implications for career counseling and research, limitations of the findings, and suggestions for future research. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01