Desarrollo y análisis psicométricos de un inventario de autoeficacia para inteligencias múltiples en niños argentinos

Abstract

This article includes a series of instrumental studies that describe the development of a self-efficacy measure, based on social cognitive and multiple intelligences theories, whose target population are children and preadolescents in the fifth and sixth year of middle school level. An exploratory factor analysis of the responses from 360 participants enabled the interpretation of eight scales and 40 items congruent with multiple intelligences theory, with acceptable values of internal consistence. Additional studies of external validation showed that some of the scales predict academic performance on subject areas which are theoretically linked, and gender differences on the  scales are consistent with previous findings reported in the literature.