Adaptación del Cuestionario de Autoeficacia Profesional (AU-10) a la población de trabajadores cordobeses

Abstract

Objective.
In this study a series of studies to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Professional Self-Efficacy
Questionnaire (AU-10) were carried out in the population of workers of Córdoba.
Method.
An instrumental
study was carried out in which 684 workers from Córdoba participated. The answering process was evaluated,
evidence of internal structure was provided by applying an exploratory and confirmatory factorial analysis,
internal consistency was examined using Cronbach’s
α
coefficient, a study of convergence was carried out
using the summarized Work Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, and groups were contrasted according to the sex and
age of the participants.
Results.
A single underlying factor was found, which explained 53.45% of the variance
of the test, this being made up of homogenous items (
α
=.88). After some re-specifications to the initial model,
an acceptable fit was found in the confirmatory factorial analysis (
χ
² = 135.92;
p
<0.00; GFI = .92; CFI = .92;
RMSEA=.09). The convergence studies suggest that both questionnaires measure similar constructs (
r
=.42).
Finally, it was found that older and more senior workers tend to express higher beliefs of professional self-
efficacy, as is theoretically expected.
Conclusions.
The results are promising and open a wide range of future
lines of work, both practically and applied.