PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE MALAY VERSION OF SELF- EFFICACY FOR WRITING SCALE

Authors

  • Harris Shah Abd Hamid Department of Education and Psychology, Faculty of Management, Education, and Humanities, University College MAIWP International, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Muhammad Hakimi Tew Abdullah Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
  • Arifuddin Abdullah Faculty of Language Studies and Human Development, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kelantan, Malaysia

Keywords:

psychometric properties, SEWS, validation, writing self-efficacy measure, writing motivation

Abstract

The study aimed to translate and examine the psychometric properties of the Self-Efficacy for Writing Scale (SEWS), designed for use with school students, among Malaysian students in tertiary level education institutions. The SEWS was back-translated and satisfactory internal consistency indices were obtained in a pilot study. An online survey was conducted with responses from 636 students at a public university in central Malaysia. The data yielded the three-factor structure of the original SEWS. A four-week test-retest reliability was acceptable and highest for the convention sub- scale. The correlations with convergent measures (General Self-efficacy Scale and Self-Perceived Writing Competency measure) were significant and in the expected direction. An online survey with 533 respondents replicated the factor-structure findings. The SEWS-Malay is found to be suitable for use with students in tertiary education and can facilitate the expansion of research on writing self-efficacy. Further research could expand the scale to examine context-specific writing.

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Published

2022-12-19

Issue

Vol. 40 (2022): Series 1

Section

Articles