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SWE
Skala zur Allgemeinen Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung
Short abstract
The scales can be used to record convictions of subjective controllability or expectations of competence in various requirement situations, namely for school, study and general life. The scales were designed in accordance with the social-cognitive learning theory of Bandura (1977) and the concept of positive situation-action expectations contained therein. The method is available in three area-specific versions: (1) School-specific self-efficacy (WIRKSCHUL; k = 13); (2) General self-efficacy (WIRKALL; k = 20); a short form of this scale with 10 items is available (WIRKALL-K; modified follow-up version: scale for general self-efficacy expectation SWE); (3) Study-specific self-efficacy (WIRKSTUD; k = 7) Reliability: To provide evidence of reliability, the retestreliability (rtt) or Cronbach's alpha was determined for various samples (.71 to .89). Retest values after one year are available for the REAL (rtt = .57) and REAL-K (rtt = .54) scales from 264 trainees. Validity: The procedure is valid in terms of content and logic. For internal validation, correlations to a number of other property constructs were calculated. From these correlations a number of validity clues can be obtained.
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2019). Open Test Archive: SWE. Skala zur Allgemeinen Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung. Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9001003
Citation
Schwarzer, R. & Jerusalem, M. (2003). SWE. Skala zur Allgemeinen Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung [Verfahrensdokumentation, Autorenbeschreibung und Fragebogen]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4515
Short information
Short Name SWE
English Name Self-Efficacy Scale
Authors Jerusalem, M., Schwarzer, R.
Published in Test archive 2003
Copyright/Licence Copyright Authors; CC-BY-SA 4.0
Key words Students, Self-Efficacy, Competence
Language versions deu
Construct Self-Efficacy
Application age Children from about 10 years, teenagers and adults
Item number 10 items
Subscales None; General expectation of self-efficacy
Application Time A few minutes.
Interpretation time A few minutes.
Internal consistency: Cronbach's alpha = .71-.89. Retest reliability (1-year interval): rtt = .54).
Information on the content-logical and internal validity.
None; Reference data: Means and standard deviations.
Applications Research, School, Study
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Jerusalem, M. & Schwarzer, R. (1981). "Selbstwirksamkeit". WIRK. In R. Schwarzer (Hrsg.) (1986), Skalen zur Befindlichkeit und Persönlichkeit (Forschungsbericht 5. S. 15-28). Berlin: Freie Universität, Institut für Psychologie.
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Contact information
Prof. Dr. phil. Matthias Jerusalem, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philosophische Fakultät IV, Institut für Erziehungswissenschaften, Pädagogische Psychologie und Gesundheitspsychologie, Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 7 Raum 335, D-10099 Berlin
Prof. Dr. Ralf Schwarzer, Freie Universität Berlin, Gesundheitspsychologie, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, D-14195 Berlin