A NOTE ON ISSUES CONCERNING THE MEASUREMENT OF SELF-EFFICACY

Self-efficacy has been an important psychosocial construct for more th an a decade. However, several different ways of measuring the concept have appeared in the literature, raising questions as to the comparabi lity of approaches. This study is a ''first-step'' exploration of issu es relating to the use of alternate measures of self-efficacy. ANCOVA results raise concerns regarding the comparability of measures of self -efficacy, which are undifferentiated in terms of level of difficulty, and measures that reflect graded levels of task difficulty. These mea surement issues hold implications for future research utilizing measur es of self-efficacy.