Adaptation and Validation of the Scale for Chinese Preschool Teachers' Self-Efficacy (SCPTSE): Based on Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory.

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Hao LuCollege of Child Development and Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Hangzhou 311231, China.ORCID 0009-0003-6161-855X

Xiumin LiCollege of Child Development and Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Hangzhou 311231, China.ORCID 0009-0008-9737-1655

Kejian LiCollege of Child Development and Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Hangzhou 311231, China.

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the 2023 Annual Planning Project of Henan Province Foundation of Philosophy and Social Sciences 2023BJY027

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Preschool teachers' self-efficacy is essential to improve their professional development and the quality of early childhood education. This study adapted and validated the Scale for Chinese Preschool Teachers' Self-Efficacy (SCPTSE) based on the Ohio State Teacher Efficacy Scale (OSTES), in accordance with Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory. Following a rigorous four-stage cross-cultural adaptation procedure, the 21-item SCPTSE was administered to 882 in-service preschool teachers from Zhejiang, Henan, and Shaanxi provinces in China (M age = 30.41, SD = 6.05). Both CTT and IRT frameworks were employed to evaluate the scale's psychometric properties. Under CTT, the SCPTSE demonstrated high internal consistency (α = 0.980), and CFA supported a robust three-factor structure-instructional strategies, classroom management, and child engagement-with excellent model fit (RMSEA = 0.079; SRMR = 0.025; CFI = 0.953; TLI = 0.947; NFI = 0.945; IFI = 0.953; PNFI = 0.837; PGFI = 0.700). Under IRT, all three sub-scales demonstrated strong unidimensionality (H

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Chinese in-service preschool teacherscross-cultural adaptationpsychometric propertiesself-efficacy

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PMID40564523

DOI10.3390/bs15060741

PMCPMC12189494

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