Salado, Vanesa , DÍAZ MILANÉS, DIEGO, Luna, Sara , Velo, Sheila
No
Healthcare (Basel)
Article
Científica
2.8
0.55
01/06/2022
000817561600001
2-s2.0-85132911460
Social self-efficacy has been shown to be a key resource for adolescents\' social experiences with peers and a predictor of prosocial behaviour among adolescents. However, differences by gender, age and socioeconomic level have previously been found in social self-efficacy. The objective of this study is to assess the psychometric properties of the subscale of social self-efficacy from the Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (SEQ-C) developed by Muris (2001) in a representative sample of Spanish adolescents while considering gender, age and socioeconomic level differences. In general, the results showed good psychometric properties and a one-dimensional structure with high internal consistency, adequate explained variance and evidence of external validity for the subscale. Furthermore, the invariance analysis demonstrated that the social self-efficacy subscale shows no bias when used with populations of adolescents who differ by gender, age and socioeconomic level. The results indicate that the Spanish version of the social self-efficacy subscale of the SEQ-C is an adequate measurement instrument for assessing adolescents\' perception of their own social skills.
social self-efficacy; adolescents; invariance measurement; psychometrics; Spanish