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A Psychometric Study of the Community Service Self-Efficacy Scale for Evaluation of Service-Learning Programs

Author(s) -

Haiyan Bai,

Trae Stewart

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

citizenship social and economics education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2047-1734

pISSN - 1478-8047

DOI - 10.2304/csee.2010.9.2.115

Subject(s) - exploratory factor analysis , confirmatory factor analysis , scale (ratio) , psychology , construct validity , service (business) , internal consistency , service learning , construct (python library) , applied psychology , psychometrics , clinical psychology , computer science , pedagogy , physics , economy , quantum mechanics , economics , programming language

This study cross-validated the psychometric properties of the 10-item Community Service Self-Efficacy Scale (CSSES) for evaluation of service-learning programs. Three independent samples consisting of undergraduate students and high school students were used to study the validity of the scale. An exploratory factor analysis on the scale yielded strong construct validity with a clear one-factor structure. The results from a confirmatory factor analysis indicated an excellent one-factor model fit. The internal consistency (>.89) and positive discrimination power of the scale also indicated that CSSES is a psychometrically reliable and valid instrument for evaluation of service-learning programs or research in this area for increasing community service engagement of both high school and college students.

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