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Psychometric properties of the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale in a sample of Chilean public school teachers

The Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) has demonstrated suitable levels of reliability and validity for its use on the teacher population in several countries, and it is the most used scale to assess teachers’ beliefs in their efficacy. However, few psychometric studies exist on its applicabil...

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Autores principales: Gálvez-Nieto, José Luis, Salvo-Garrido, Sonia, Domínguez-Lara, Sergio, Polanco-Levicán, Karina, Mieres-Chacaltana, Manuel
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10556521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37809312
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1272548
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author Gálvez-Nieto, José Luis
Salvo-Garrido, Sonia
Domínguez-Lara, Sergio
Polanco-Levicán, Karina
Mieres-Chacaltana, Manuel
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Salvo-Garrido, Sonia
Domínguez-Lara, Sergio
Polanco-Levicán, Karina
Mieres-Chacaltana, Manuel
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description The Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) has demonstrated suitable levels of reliability and validity for its use on the teacher population in several countries, and it is the most used scale to assess teachers’ beliefs in their efficacy. However, few psychometric studies exist on its applicability to elementary teachers in public schools. This study analyzed the psychometric properties of the TSES in teachers who work in elementary education. The sample comprised 1,406 Chilean teachers, mainly women (77.2%), from various Chilean public and subsidized schools. The results obtained from three confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that the model that best fit the data was bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling (B-ESEM) for 24 items, one general factor, and three residual factors. The results of the factorial invariance analysis indicate that the TSES remains stable up to the strict level of invariance for the variable sex. These results imply that the TSES can be used on Chilean teachers. The results are discussed based on the theoretical and empirical evidence available.
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spelling pubmed-105565212023-10-07 Psychometric properties of the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale in a sample of Chilean public school teachers Gálvez-Nieto, José Luis Salvo-Garrido, Sonia Domínguez-Lara, Sergio Polanco-Levicán, Karina Mieres-Chacaltana, Manuel Front Psychol Psychology The Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) has demonstrated suitable levels of reliability and validity for its use on the teacher population in several countries, and it is the most used scale to assess teachers’ beliefs in their efficacy. However, few psychometric studies exist on its applicability to elementary teachers in public schools. This study analyzed the psychometric properties of the TSES in teachers who work in elementary education. The sample comprised 1,406 Chilean teachers, mainly women (77.2%), from various Chilean public and subsidized schools. The results obtained from three confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that the model that best fit the data was bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling (B-ESEM) for 24 items, one general factor, and three residual factors. The results of the factorial invariance analysis indicate that the TSES remains stable up to the strict level of invariance for the variable sex. These results imply that the TSES can be used on Chilean teachers. The results are discussed based on the theoretical and empirical evidence available. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10556521/ /pubmed/37809312 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1272548 Text en Copyright © 2023 Gálvez-Nieto, Salvo-Garrido, Domínguez-Lara, Polanco-Levicán and Mieres-Chacaltana. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Gálvez-Nieto, José Luis
Salvo-Garrido, Sonia
Domínguez-Lara, Sergio
Polanco-Levicán, Karina
Mieres-Chacaltana, Manuel
Psychometric properties of the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale in a sample of Chilean public school teachers
title Psychometric properties of the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale in a sample of Chilean public school teachers
title_full Psychometric properties of the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale in a sample of Chilean public school teachers
title_fullStr Psychometric properties of the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale in a sample of Chilean public school teachers
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title_short Psychometric properties of the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale in a sample of Chilean public school teachers
title_sort psychometric properties of the teachers’ sense of efficacy scale in a sample of chilean public school teachers
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10556521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37809312
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1272548
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