Reliability and Validation of the General Self-Efficacy Scale / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To revise the general self-efficacy scale. Methods: 3094 subjects from 7 different cities in China finished the general self-efficacy scale. Results: The result of Item Analysis showed that 19 of the scale met psychometric criteria. The scale's internal consistency was 0.81, split reliability 0.81. It had acceptable discriminant validity subjects with higher scale scores also had significantly higher scores in every items than those with lower scale scores, and this scale could effectively differentiate the high and low level managers, it also could effectively differentiate the managers groug and workers group. Exploratory factor analyses indicated that the scale had one dominant factor. Conclusion: The general self-efficacy scale has sound psychometric properties for further research.