AUTHOR=Nobre Glauber Carvalho , Gonçalves Duarte Marcelo , da Silva Ramalho Maria Helena , Flores Sartori Rodrigo , Schmitt Marinho Nádia Fernanda , André Aires Soares Ívina , Valentini Nadia Cristina 

TITLE=Transcultural adaptation, content, and internal structure validity evidence of the perceived efficacy and goal setting system – 2 edition for Brazilian children

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=14

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1052897

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1052897

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Aim</title><p>The aim was to investigate the validity of evidence of the Perceived Efficacy and Goal Setting System second edition for Brazilian children.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>258 children participated, both sexes (<italic>n</italic> = 133 girls; 51.6%), 5 to 9 years old (total sample <italic>Mage</italic> = 7.1, <italic>SD</italic> = 1.4), from four regions of Brazil. The Perceived Efficacy and Goal Setting System – second edition, was used.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Experts showed agreement about the high clarity and practical pertinence of the items (content validity coefficient from 98.4 to 100%; Gwet’s agreement coefficient from 0.85 to 1.00, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001). Confirmatory factorial analysis showed adequate adjustment indexes (RMSEA [0.048, 90% C.I. = 0.043 to 0.053], SRMR [0.243], CFI [0.91], RNI [0.91], TLI [0.91], ꭓ<sup>2</sup>/df [1.962]). The multigroup analysis showed configural, metric and scalar invariance of two models for gender (CFI = 0.97; RMSEA, [90%C.I.] = 0.05 [0.03 to 0.07]; metric: Δ<sub>RMSEA</sub> = 0.001; scalar: Δ<sub>RMSEA</sub> = −0.004) and age band (5–7 years-old and 8–9 years-old; CFI = 0.94; RMSEA, [90%C.I.] = 0.05 [0.03 to 0.07]; metric: Δ<sub>RMSEA</sub> = 0.002; scalar: Δ<sub>RMSEA</sub> = 0.010). The Heterotrait-Monotrait ratio test showed adequate discriminant validity among three dimensions (self-care and productivity [value = 0.76]; self-care and leisure [value = 0.57], productivity and leisure [value = 0.76]). Alpha for polychoric correlations showed an adequate internal consistency for all items and total scale (all α values &gt;0.70). Composite reliability (Self-care = 0.8; Productivity = 0.81; Leisure = 0.8) reinforce evidence about reliability. Percentage agreement showed adequate item-level test-retest reliability (values between 76 and 92%).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>This scale showed adequate content and internal structure validity evidence to assess the perceived self-efficacy for Brazilian children.</p></sec>