Can we measure musically active people’s music skills and achievement self-concept? Structure and invariance of CAMU, a Spanish questionnaire

ABSTRACT

Music self-concept measurement tools are essential at all music educational levels in all contexts. Until now, the lack of a validated music self-concept questionnaire in Spanish-speaking countries has been noticeable. The aim of this study is to validate the Musical Self-Concept Questionnaire (CAMU) (Zubeldia, M. 2015. El autoconcepto musical, motivación y bienestar psicológico del alumnado de conservatorio [Musical self-concept, motivation and psychological well-being of conservatory students]. Doctoral thesis. Leioa: UPV-EHU), which is an abbreviated and culturally adapted Spanish language version of the Music Self-Perception Inventory (MUSPI), developed by Vispoel (1993a. The Music Self-Perception Inventory (Adolescent Form). Iowa: Author, 1993b. The Music Self-Perception Inventory (Adult/College Form). Iowa: Author). Participants comprised 407 students from mid-level music studies from conservatories located in different autonomous regions of Spain. The confirmatory factor analysis supports the hierarchical view of the music self-concept. Furthermore, the study also tests the scalar invariance across gender-differentiated subgroups, which is a prerequisite to compare factor mean differences between groups. This is the final step in the validation of the CAMU, which enables cross-cultural research into this construct. The educational implications for music students are discussed.

KEYWORDS:

• Music self-concept
• Spanish questionnaire
• internal structure
• musically active people

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Notes on contributors

Eider Goñi is associate Professor at the Faculty of Education and Sports of Vitoria (UPV/EHU), in the graduate degrees in Early Childhood and Primary Education, as well as in the master degree in Psychodidactic. The research activity was carried out within the Psikor research group which has received grants of local, regional and state nature and has received the recognition of the Basque Government as a consolidated group. PhD in Psychodidactics since 2009, her doctoral thesis is about the personal self-concept and its relationships with other psychological variables. The investigative activity granted her first six-year research period (ORCID: 0000-0003-1821-6144) and she has been a principal researcher of one of the projects granted by the UPV / EHU between 2015 and 2017.

Miren Zubeldia is cello professor at the Ataúlfo Argenta Conservatory of Music and collaborates with the National University of Distance Education (UNED).

She has a PhD in Psychodidactic from the University of the Basque Country, Spain.

Her research interests include music education, music psychology and performance. She is the author of several publications in books and specialised journals.

Maravillas Díaz-Gómez is a retired professor from the University of the Basque Country, Spain. He has a PhD in Philosophy and Education Sciences. His research interests include music education, curriculum, creativity and social projects. She is the author of several publications in books and specialised journals. She has participated in numerous national and international scientific committees as an expert evaluator.

Oihane Fernandez Lasarte ([email protected]) has a PhD in Psychodidactics, a degree in Psychology and Teaching (University of the Basque Country). She is a lecturer at Education and Sport Faculty of the UPV/EHU and her task as a researcher focuses on the study of school adjustment linked to psycho-instructional and contextual variables in adolescence and youth. As a member of the consolidated research group Psikor, she has collaborated in different research projects. She is also the coauthour of several scientific articles and contributions to national and international congresses of Psychology and Education (ORCID: 0000-0003-3558-7027).

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Funding

This research was funded by Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea under grant (EHUA15/15 & PPG17/61); Eusko Jaurlaritza under grant IT934-16; Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad under grant EDU2017-83949-P; Ekonomiaren Garapen eta Lehiakortasun Saila, Eusko Jaurlaritza.