Development and Validation of a Reading Self-Efficacy Scale

Reading self-efficacy performs a fundamental role in gaining academic achievement college education. Review of the related literature unveils that it needs to be enriched by conducting further research on students’ reading self-efficacy. The paucity investigations into could have connection with lack comprehensive scale targeting exclusively measuring it. For this reason, study aims at developing and validating which used measure data was collected from three distinct groups consisting total 430 students departments English language teaching studying state universities Turkey. findings obtained exploratory factor analysis revealed had unidimensional structure ones provided confirmatory confirmed scale. developed validated 16-item prompt university teachers undertake studies an eye examining their