Intercultural study of a socio-cognitive battery of vocational self-efficacy

Abstract

In Latin America there is a need for instruments based on the socio-cognitive theoretical model of career development, due to its scientific support and practical usefulness. Therefore, the objective of the study was to build a socio-cognitive battery of vocational self-efficacy for psychology students and obtain their validity evidence of content. 21 psychologist judges from Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru participated, who assessed the criteria of coherence and relevance. Also, 40 psychology students of the last academic semesters, from the countries mentioned, valued the clarity of the items. After a quantitative evaluation using Aiken V, a battery of 95 items was obtained, whose lower limits on confidence intervals were equal to or higher than .62. Finally, there is a battery that will allow to expand studies in vocational psychology and whose validity evidence based on the internal structure should be investigated.