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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Self-efficacy expectations are an important predictor for academic success at all levels of education, including the health-related majors. Early diagnosis of students' self-efficacy levels and timely intervention can be a useful strategy to favor the training processes. This makes it necessary to have psychometrically adequate instruments that allow students to evaluate themselves.
Objective: To evaluate the factorial structure and internal consistency of the Scale of Specific Perceived Self-efficacy of Academic Situations of Palenzuela in Phonoaudiology students in Chile.
Methods: This scale was applied to 282 students chosen by non-probabilistic sampling by rates. They were at ages between 19 and 33 years and 84.59 % were women. An exploratory factorial analysis was performed and reliability was evaluated with Cronbach's alpha.
Results: A unifactorial structure was identified. Its internal consistency was adequate according to Cronbach alpha of 0.87.
Conclusions: There is psychometric evidence on the validity of the scale construction as a unifactorial measure of academic self-efficacy in Phonoaudiology students in Chile. In addition, it shows an adequate reliability.