Psychometric Properties of the Physical Educators’ Self-Efficacy Toward Including Students With Disabilities—Autism Among Chinese Preservice Physical Education Teachers

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Chunxiao LiThe Education University of Hong Kong

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Lijuan WangShanghai University of Sport

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Martin E. BlockUniversity of Virginia

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Raymond K.W. SumThe Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Yandan WuFujian Normal University

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/apaq.2017-0086
Keywords:
China; confidence; Hong Kong; reliability; validation
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Volume 35: Issue 2
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Teachers’ self-efficacy is a critical predictor for successful inclusive physical education. However, little is known about preservice physical educators’ self-efficacy toward teaching students with autism spectrum disorders in China. A sound instrument is necessary to measure their self-efficacy level. This validation study examined the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Physical Educators’ Self-Efficacy Toward Including Students with Disabilities—Autism. A multisection survey form was administered to preservice physical educators in Mainland China (n = 205) and Hong Kong (n = 227). The results of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the one-factor model of the scale in the total sample and each of the two samples. Invariance tests across the two samples supported configural and metric invariance but not scalar invariance. The scale scores showed good internal reliability and were correlated with theoretically relevant constructs (i.e., burnout and life satisfaction) in the total sample and subsamples. These findings generally support the utility of the scale for use among Chinese preservice physical educators.

Li is with the Dept. of Health and Physical Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong. Wang is with the School of Recreational Sport and Art, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China. Block is with the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. Sum is with the Dept. of Sports Science and Physical Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong. Wu is with  the School of Physical Education and Sports Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China.

Address author correspondence to Chunxiao Li at cxlilee@gmail.com.
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