| Factor | Example items | Items | Reliability |
| Academic writing confidence | “I am confident I am able to write critically when writing academically in English.” | 10 | 0.931 |
| Course confidence | “I usually do well in my MA course.” | 3 | 0.831 |
| Writing: transmission | “It is important for me to include a lot of quotes from authorities in my writing.” | 10 | 0.706 |
| Writing: transaction | “Understanding my thoughts and ideas clearer as I write and rewrite is very important to me.” | 10 | 0.761 |
| Writing: recursion | “It is important for me to edit many times in writing.” | 9 | 0.859 |
| Writing: audience orientation | “It is important for me to make complicated information clear or write logically and convincingly in writing.” | 12 | 0.790 |
| Writing: elaboration | “It is my own fault if I do not combine and connect information from different sources in writing.” | 8 | 0.698 |