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标题：A structural equation modelling of the academic self-concept scale
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作者：Musa Matovu
期刊名称：International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
印刷版ISSN：1307-9298
出版年度：2017
卷号：6
期号：2
页码：185-198
语种：English
出版社：International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
其他摘要：The study aimed at validating the academic self-concept scale by Liu and Wang (2005) inmeasuring academic self-concept among university students. Structural equation modelling wasused to validate the scale which was composed of two subscales; academic confidence andacademic effort. The study was conducted on university students; males and females fromdifferent levels of study and faculties. In this study the influence of academic self-concept onacademic achievement was assessed, tested whether the hypothesised model fitted the data,analysed the invariance of the path coefficients among the moderating variables, and also,highlighted whether academic confidence and academic effort measured academic selfconcept.The results from the model revealed that academic self-concept influenced academicachievement and the hypothesised model fitted the data. The results also supported the modelas the causal structure was not sensitive to gender, levels of study, and faculties of students;hence, applicable to all the groups taken as moderating variables. It was also noted thatacademic confidence and academic effort are a measure of academic self-concept. Accordingto the results the academic self-concept scale by Liu and Wang (2005) was deemed adequatein collecting information about academic self-concept among university students.