Physical Education Teachers’ Self-Efficacy toward Including Students with Autism in Saudi Arabia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Demographic Data
2.2.2. Physical Education Teachers’ Self-Efficacy
2.2.3. Reliability and Validity
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Demographic Characteristics
3.2. The Level of Physical Education Teachers’ Self-Efficacy
3.3. Predictors of Self-Efficacy
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. Limitations and Implications
7. Practical Applications
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Independent Variables | n | M ± SD | χ2/z | p Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||
Male | 188 | 4.63 ± 1.97 | −2.143 a | 0.032 * |
Female | 26 | 3.65 ± 2.40 | ||
Degree | ||||
Diploma | 21 | 3.71 ± 2.42 | 9.832 b | 0.043 * |
Bachelor | 167 | 4.50 ± 1.99 | ||
High Diploma | 7 | 4.65 ± 2.30 | ||
Master | 12 | 5.70 ± 1.52 | ||
PhD | 2 | 3.30 ± 2.70 | ||
Teaching grade | ||||
Primary | 123 | 4.40 ± 2.13 | 0.520 b | 0.771 |
Middle | 56 | 4.67 ± 2.04 | ||
High | 35 | 4.66 ± 1.74 | ||
Teaching experience | ||||
0–5 | 55 | 4.51 ± 2.03 | 0.404 b | 0.982 |
6–10 | 25 | 4.26 ± 2.11 | ||
11–15 | 27 | 4.47 ± 2.02 | ||
16–20 | 29 | 4.63 ± 2.07 | ||
+20 | 78 | 4.57 ± 2.08 | ||
Family member with autism | ||||
Yes | 21 | 4.60 ± 2.16 | −0.145 a | 0.885 |
No | 193 | 4.50 ± 2.04 | ||
Previous teaching autism | ||||
Yes | 67 | 4.64 ± 2.30 | −0.635 a | 0.525 |
No | 147 | 4.45 ± 1.92 | ||
Training in teaching autism | ||||
Yes, theoretical | 38 | 4.70 ± 2.41 | 5.496 b | 0.139 |
Yes, practical | 2 | 7.45 ± 1.20 | ||
Yes, both | 15 | 4.76 ± 2.26 | ||
No | 159 | 4.41 ± 1.92 | ||
Feelings of preparedness | ||||
Never | 101 | 3.90 ± 2.10 | 20.489 b | <0.001 * |
Little | 94 | 5.23 ± 1.70 | ||
A lot | 19 | 4.24 ± 2.32 |
Predictor | Unstandardised Coefficients | Standardised Coefficients | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | Std. Error | Beta | t | p | Partial R | |
(Constant) | 4.627 | 1.578 | - | 2.933 | 0.004 | - |
Age | −0.061 | 0.024 | −0.297 | −2.541 | 0.012 * | −0.175 |
Gender | −0.155 | 0.539 | −0.025 | −0.288 | 0.774 | −0.020 |
Degree | 0.360 | 0.197 | 0.127 | 1.829 | 0.069 | 0.127 |
Teaching grade | 0.106 | 0.187 | 0.039 | 0.565 | 0.572 | 0.040 |
Teaching experience | 0.315 | 0.161 | 0.252 | 1.948 | 0.053 | 0.135 |
Family member with autism | −0.072 | 0.465 | −0.011 | −0.156 | 0.876 | −0.011 |
Previous teaching autism | −0.048 | 0.338 | −0.011 | −0.142 | 0.888 | −0.010 |
Training in teaching autism | −0.021 | 0.138 | −0.012 | −0.152 | 0.879 | −0.011 |
Feelings of preparedness | 0.565 | 0.223 | 0.178 | 2.538 | 0.012 * | 0.175 |
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