Assessing self-efficacy for self-regulation of academic writing. Development and validation of a scale.

Autor/inn/en	Golombek, Christiane; Klingsieck, Katrin B.; Scharlau, Ingrid
Titel	Assessing self-efficacy for self-regulation of academic writing. Development and validation of a scale. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Bewertung der Selbstwirksamkeit zur Selbstregulierung des akademischen Schreibens. Entwicklung und Validierung einer Skala.
Quelle	In: European journal of psychological assessment, 35 (2019) 5, S. 751-761 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1015-5759; 2151-2426
DOI	10.1027/1015-5759/a000452
Schlagwörter	Faktorenanalyse; Testkonstruktion; Testvalidität; Selbstwirksamkeit; Wissenschaftliches Schreiben
Abstract	Academic writing is a complex and demanding activity that plays an important role in self-regulated learning settings within higher education. Self-efficacy and self-regulation are crucial factors for success and failure in academic writing. Because of the lack of adequate instruments, assessment of these factors is still limited. This paper introduces a scale for the assessment of self-efficacy for self-regulation of academic writing (SSAW). We deductively developed the SSAW scale and then conducted three studies in order to test and validate the scale. The first study (N = 121) resulted in a brief scale with good psychometric properties. The second study (N = 660) showed the scale's factorial validity. The third study (N = 188) provided evidence for the convergent validity of the SSAW scale. In sum, these studies yield a reliable, valid, and economic scale. The results are discussed with regard to the usefulness of the SSAW scale for research and practice in higher education. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2025/3