Lim Hayoung A, Befi Cathy M
Oral Roberts University University of Incarnate Word
Oral Roberts University University of Incarnate Word.
J Music Ther. 2014 Winter;51(4):382-95. doi: 10.1093/jmt/thu029.
While the Music Therapy Career Aptitude Test (MTCAT) provides a measure of student aptitude, measures of perceived self-efficacy may provide additional information about a students' suitability for a music therapy career.
As a first step in determining whether future studies examining combined scores from the MTCAT and the Generalized Self-Efficacy (GSE) scale would be useful to help predict academic success in music therapy, we explored the internal reliability of these two measures in a sample of undergraduate students, and the relationship (concurrent validity) of the measures to one another.
Eighty undergraduate music therapy students (14 male; 66 female) completed the MTCAT and GSE. To determine internal reliability we conducted tests of normality and calculated Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha for each measure. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated to ascertain the strength of the relationship between the MTCAT and GSE.
MTCAT scores were normally distributed and had high internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.706). GSE scores were not normally distributed, but had high internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.748). The correlation coefficient analysis revealed that MTCAT and GSE scores were moderately correlated ((r = 0.426, p < 0.0001).
MTCAT scores can be used to partially determine perceived self-efficacy in undergraduate music therapy students; however, a more complete picture of student suitability for music therapy may be determined by administering the GSE alongside the MTCAT. Future studies are needed to determine whether combined MTCAT and GSE scores can be used to predict student success in an undergraduate music therapy program.
虽然音乐治疗职业能力倾向测试（MTCAT）可衡量学生的能力倾向，但自我效能感的测量可能会提供有关学生是否适合音乐治疗职业的更多信息。
作为确定未来研究MTCAT和一般自我效能感（GSE）量表的综合得分是否有助于预测音乐治疗学业成功的第一步，我们在本科生样本中探索了这两种测量方法的内部信度，以及这些测量方法之间的关系（同时效度）。
80名本科音乐治疗专业学生（14名男性；66名女性）完成了MTCAT和GSE测试。为了确定内部信度，我们进行了正态性检验，并计算了每种测量方法的克朗巴哈系数α。计算皮尔逊相关系数以确定MTCAT和GSE之间关系的强度。
MTCAT分数呈正态分布，内部一致性较高（克朗巴哈α = 0.706）。GSE分数不呈正态分布，但内部一致性较高（克朗巴哈α = 0.748）。相关系数分析表明，MTCAT和GSE分数呈中度相关（r = 0.426，p < 0.0001）。
MTCAT分数可用于部分确定本科音乐治疗专业学生的自我效能感；然而，通过同时使用GSE和MTCAT，可能会更全面地了解学生是否适合音乐治疗。未来需要进行研究，以确定MTCAT和GSE的综合得分是否可用于预测本科音乐治疗专业学生的学业成功。
