Validate the Use of College Self Efficacy Inventory for Measuring Psychosocial Factors on Indian Students

The purpose of this study was to apply the College Self-Efficacy Inventory (CSEI) scale to measure the social and psychological factors on Indian students. The major research question of the study is to answer whether the CSEI scale fit the data. The sample of the study is 141 in BBA and B.Com (H) first year in affiliated college of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Delhi. Path analysis has been used in the study to examine the interrelationship between course-roommate-social self-efficacy. To analyse the data correlation, CFI, RMSEA, Cron bach alpha, regression weights, Durbin – Watson test etc. has been used. The study found affirmative steps in collecting validity evidence for the CSEI scale as well as found significant inter – relationship between course-roommate-social self-efficacy of Indian undergraduate students. It has been also found that CSEI scale can be used to measure college self- efficacy for the broader college experience of Indian students.