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A Note on Issues Concerning the Measurement of Self‐Efficacy 1
Author(s) -
Lust John A.,
Celuch Kevin G.,
Showers Linda S.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1993.tb01041.x
Subject(s) - comparability , psychology , construct (python library) , psychosocial , task (project management) , social psychology , applied psychology , computer science , psychotherapist , mathematics , engineering , systems engineering , combinatorics , programming language
Self‐efficacy has been an important psychosocial construct for more than a decade. However, several different ways of measuring the concept have appeared in the literature, raising questions as to the comparability of approaches. This study is a “first‐step” exploration of issues 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 measurement issues hold implications for future research utilizing measures of self‐efficacy.