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Patricia Cid H1, Alda Orellana Y, Omar Barriga
1Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Concepción, Chile. patcid@udec.cl
Background:
Self efficacy refers to an individuals belief in his or her capability to produce given achievements and the individuals perception of his or her ability to perform an action.
Aim:
To evaluate the psychometric properties of the General Self-efficacy Scale in Chilean population.
Material And Methods:
The study was carried out in 360 subjects, both sexes, 15-65 years of age, from Concepción, Chile, who answered Self-efficacy, Self-esteem and Health Status Perception instruments. Reliability was verified by Cronbachs alpha coefficient and validity by expert re-vision, univariate statistics, correlations among items, item-scale correlations, and correlations with Self-esteem and Perception of Health Status constructs.
Results:
The structure of the scale is uni-dimensional, homogenous and positively related with the constructs examined.
Conclusions:
The General Self-efficacy Scale is a reliable and valid measure of the perception of self-efficacy in the Chilean population.
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