Adolescent Self-Efficacy Scale In Unintentional Injury: Testing For Second-Order Factorial Validity And Invariance

Author: Wang, Kuo-chang(Graduate Institute of Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University)

Vol.&No.：Vol. 43, No. 1
Date：April 1998
Pages：33-48
DOI：10.3966/2073753X1998044301003

Abstract：

It is essential to evaluate the higher-order latent factor structure of the adolescent self-efficacy scale in unintentional injury in order to comprehend its theoretical foundation and characteristics. The 9,770 students, randomly sampled from junior high, senior high, and vocational schools of the 1995-1996 academic year in Taiwan, were administered this scale, and the statistical program, EQS 5.3 for Windows, was used for the major tool of data analysis. There were three major findings. (1) On the basis of the assessment of overall model fit and parameter estimates, the hypothesized second-order confirmatory factor analysis model represented an adequate fit to the sample data. (2) According to the cross-validation analysis, the second-order factorial validity of this scale was very stable. (3) This hypothesized model was invariance across these five important demographical variables, including school, gender, grade, right/left-handedness, and past experience in unintentional injury, via the testing of invariance in the multiple groups.

Keywords：adolescent, unintentional injury, self-efficacy scale, higher-order factorial validity

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