CONFIRMATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS OF THE GENERAL SELF-EFFICACY SCALE

Authors
BOSSCHER RJ SMIT JH
Citation
Rj. Bosscher et Jh. Smit, CONFIRMATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS OF THE GENERAL SELF-EFFICACY SCALE, Behaviour research and therapy, 36(3), 1998, pp. 339-343
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical
Journal title
Behaviour research and therapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00057967
Volume
36
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
339 - 343
Database
ISI
SICI code
0005-7967(1998)36:3<339:CFOTGS>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A confirmatory factor analysis of the factor structure of the adapted General Self-Efficacy Scale, created by Sherer et al. (1982) [Psycholo gical Reports, 51, 663-671], was conducted to assess whether the scale 's purported 3 factors emerged. The results generally supported the 3- factor model, but a model with 3 correlated factors and one higher-ord er factor (general self-efficacy) proved to fit the data even better. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.