title: Creation and validation of the self-efficacy instrument for physical education teacher education majors toward inclusion.
abstract: The purpose was to validate a self-efficacy (SE) instrument toward including students with disability in physical education (PE). Three scales referring to intellectual disabilities (ID), physical disabilities (PD), or visual impairments (VI) were administered to 486 physical education teacher education (PETE) majors. The sample was randomly split, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (EFA and CFA, respectively) were conducted. After deleting items that did not meet inclusion criteria, EFA item loadings ranged from 0.53 to 0.91, and Cronbach's alpha reliability was high (for ID = .86, PD = .90, and VI = .92). CFA showed that the ID scale demonstrated good goodness-of-fit, whereas in the PD and in the VI scales demonstrated moderate fit. Thus, the content and construct validity of the instrument was supported.
authors.affiliation: Kinesiology Program at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, USA.
authors.forename: Martin E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Block
authors.forename: Yeshayahu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hutzler
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barak
authors.forename: Aija
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klavina
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D004519:Education, Special / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004522:Educational Status; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010806:Physical Education and Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024382:Professional Role / Q000523:psychology; D012929:Psychological Distance; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020377:Self Efficacy; D055815:Young Adult