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Psychometric Properties of the Physical Educators' Self-Efficacy Toward Including Students With Disabilities--Autism Among Chinese Preservice Physical Education Teachers.
- Source :
- Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly; Apr2018, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p159-174, 16p, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Teachers' self-efficacy is a critical predictor for successful inclusive physical education. However, little is known about preservice physical educators' self-efficacy toward teaching students with autism spectrum disorders in China. A sound instrument is necessary to measure their self-efficacy level. This validation study examined the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Physical Educators' Self-Efficacy Toward Including Students with Disabilities--Autism. A multisection survey form was administered to preservice physical educators in Mainland China (n = 205) and Hong Kong (n = 227). The results of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the one-factor model of the scale in the total sample and each of the two samples. Invariance tests across the two samples supported configural and metric invariance but not scalar invariance. The scale scores showed good internal reliability and were correlated with theoretically relevant constructs (i.e., burnout and life satisfaction) in the total sample and subsamples. These findings generally support the utility of the scale for use among Chinese preservice physical educators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TEACHER evaluation
TEACHERS
AUTISM in children
STATISTICAL correlation
FACTOR analysis
GOODNESS-of-fit tests
RESEARCH methodology
TRAINING of physical education teachers
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
RELIABILITY (Personality trait)
RESEARCH evaluation
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SELF-efficacy
TRANSLATIONS
STATISTICAL reliability
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
INTRACLASS correlation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07365829
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 128917276
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1123/apaq.2017-0086