Open AccessPsychometric Properties of the Self-Efficacy Scale among Undergraduate Students in Malaysia
Author(s) -
Kien Ting Liu,
Garry Kuan,
Wan Nor Arifin,
Yee Cheng Kueh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the malaysian journal of medical sciences/the malaysian journal of medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2180-4303
pISSN - 1394-195X
DOI - 10.21315/mjms2019.26.3.10
Subject(s) - psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , structural equation modeling , scale (ratio) , malay , reliability (semiconductor) , statistics , nonprobability sampling , feeling , situational ethics , applied psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , mathematics , medicine , population , linguistics , physics , philosophy , power (physics) , environmental health , quantum mechanics
Self-efficacy (SE) is a person's belief in his or her own capability to perform and accomplish a task that could produce a favourable outcome, despite facing obstacles. This study aimed to confirm the validity and reliability of an SE scale among undergraduate students at the Health Campus of the Universiti Sains Malaysia.