TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating Construct Validity of the Middle School Self-Efficacy Scale With High School Adolescents
AU - Summers, Jessica J.
AU - Falco, Lia D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Curators of the University of Missouri 2018.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This study presents an exemplar for psychometric evaluation and modification of established measures when applied to new populations. Specifically, we describe the use of two subscales (Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale and Math/Science Self-Efficacy Scale) from the Middle School Self-Efficacy Scale (MSSES) as outcome measures in an intervention study of high school students. Several researchers have utilized the MSSES with high school students since it was developed by Fouad, Smith, and Enochs 20 years ago, but few studies have examined it for construct validity with a high school sample, even though the measure was designed for a middle school population. Our findings demonstrated that the MSSES required modification for high school students in order to meet the standards of reliability and validity in a counseling intervention study. The discussion focuses on implications for career counseling and research, limitations of the findings, and suggestions for future research.
AB - This study presents an exemplar for psychometric evaluation and modification of established measures when applied to new populations. Specifically, we describe the use of two subscales (Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale and Math/Science Self-Efficacy Scale) from the Middle School Self-Efficacy Scale (MSSES) as outcome measures in an intervention study of high school students. Several researchers have utilized the MSSES with high school students since it was developed by Fouad, Smith, and Enochs 20 years ago, but few studies have examined it for construct validity with a high school sample, even though the measure was designed for a middle school population. Our findings demonstrated that the MSSES required modification for high school students in order to meet the standards of reliability and validity in a counseling intervention study. The discussion focuses on implications for career counseling and research, limitations of the findings, and suggestions for future research.
KW - career decision-making
KW - career-related self-efficacy
KW - high school students
KW - psychometric evaluation
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U2 - 10.1177/0894845318773383
DO - 10.1177/0894845318773383
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046776512
SN - 0894-8453
JO - Journal of Career Development
JF - Journal of Career Development
ER -