Reliability and exploratory factor analysis of children and teenager's SEQ- C self-efficacy questionnaire

Identifying and assessing the emotional factors affecting academic achievement in the areas of active and educational psychology is important. In this study, standardization, validity and reliability of self-efficacy has been studied. The questionnaire contained 23 items measuring the academic, social and emotional components. 247 freshman high school students were selected by random cluster sampling and multi-stage sampling as the sample. To review the questionnaire, confirmatory factor analysis using principal components analysis and Cronbach's alpha were used to assess reliability. The results of the factor analysis showed that removal of seven items of the questionnaire and factor analysis the rest of the questions and results with varimax rotation reveals three components The results of a parallel analysis was employed to identify the exact components of the results of this analysis also confirming those three components. Thus, the number of components as well as questions obtained with high loadings were the three components. It was also found that the entire questionnaire and all sub-tests of reliability were high. At a general look, the results of the study showed that self-efficacy questionnaire (SEQ-C) was suitable for students to measure this feature and can somewhat meet the current needs.