2014 •
Assessing the relational competence as the core dimension of social worker’s perceived self-efficacy through the Rasch Model
Authors:
Golia, Silvia, Pedrazza, Monica
Abstract:
Perceived self-efficacy is concerned with people’s beliefs in their capabilities to succeed in specific situations and can play a major role in how one approaches goals, tasks, and challenges. There is no all-purpose measure of perceived self-efficacy but it is necessary to derive specific scales for specific contexts. This paper presents the structure of a self-efficacy scale developed for social workers. Using the Rating Scale Model as measurement model, an objective measurement of the social workers perceived self-efficacy is produced and (...)
Perceived self-efficacy is concerned with people’s beliefs in their capabilities to succeed in specific situations and can play a major role in how one approaches goals, tasks, and challenges. There is no all-purpose measure of perceived self-efficacy but it is necessary to derive specific scales for specific contexts. This paper presents the structure of a self-efficacy scale developed for social workers. Using the Rating Scale Model as measurement model, an objective measurement of the social workers perceived self-efficacy is produced and analyzed. The differential item functioning analysis was performed in order to determine if the test questions were fair with respect of some population characteristics. (Read More)
Electronic Journal Of Applied Statistical Analysis ·
2014
Social psychology |
Applied psychology |
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