Is the Teamwork Self-Efficacy Questionnaire a Valid Measure?

Teamwork self-efficacy is crucial in higher education due to its association with students’ motivation for team-based work, a key component of active teaching methods that foster academic success and professional readiness. Despite its relevance, a comprehensive and empirically validated instrument for assessing this construct has been lacking. To address this gap, the present study translated the Teamwork Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (TSQ) into Spanish and evaluated its psychometric properties in a sample of 720 Colombian university students (333 women, 387 men). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses in separate subsamples supported a unidimensional model for TSQ scores. The scale demonstrated measurement invariance across gender up to the strict level, with women scoring slightly higher ( r < 0.11). TSQ scores showed adequate composite reliability, moderate temporal stability over 1 month, and weak-to-moderate correlations with personality traits, attitudes toward teamwork, and general self-efficacy beliefs. However, TSQ scores did not prospectively predict the frequency of teamwork behaviors. Overall, these results suggest that the Spanish version of the TSQ is a valid and reliable measure of teamwork self-efficacy among Colombian university students, although further research is warranted to examine its predictive utility for teamwork behavior.