Table 1: Outcome measures (continued) Instrument Construct measured Items and scale Scores and interpretation Psychometrics Acronym (Reference) Global Self-Efficacy A measure of an Consists of ten items rated on a Sum to a total score ranging from 10-40, with A Cronbach’s alpha of 0.89 Scale individual’s belief in his or four point Likert scale from ‘1’ higher scores indicative of a more positive sense has been reported for the her own ability to respond (not at all true) to ‘4’ (exactly of general self-efficacy. scale (Luszczynska, Scholz GSES to novel or difficult true) & Schwarzer, 2005) situations and to deal with (Schwarzer & any associated obstacles or Jerusalem, 1995) setbacks Occupational A shortened version of the Consists of eight items rated on Sum to a total score ranging from 8-48, with The short form was found Efficacy Scale – Short OCCSEFF which was a six point Likert scale from ‘1’ lower scores indicative of a more positive sense to be highly correlated Form designed as a measure of (completely true) to ‘6’ (not at of occupational self-efficacy with the long form self-efficacy related to the all true) (r=0.947), and has a OCCSEFF-8 occupational domain reported Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.88 (Schyns & (Schyns & Von Collani, Von Collani, 2002) 2002)
Table 1: Outcome measures (continued) Instrument Acronym (Reference) Construct measured Items and scale Scores and interpretation Psychometrics Global Self-Efficacy Scale GSES (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995) A measure of an individual’s belief in his or her own ability to respond to novel or difficult situations and to deal with any associated obstacles or setbacks Consists of ten items rated on a four point Likert scale from ‘1’ (not at all true) to ‘4’ (exactly true) Sum to a total score ranging from 10-40, with higher scores indicative of a more positive sense of general self-efficacy. A Cronbach’s alpha of 0.89 has been reported for the scale (Luszczynska, Scholz & Schwarzer, 2005) Occupational Scale – Short Form OCCSEFF-8 (Schyns & Von Collani, 2002) A shortened version of the OCCSEFF which was designed as a measure of self-efficacy related to the occupational domain Consists of eight items rated on a six point Likert scale from ‘1’ (completely true) to ‘6’ (not at all true) Sum to a total score ranging from 8-48, with lower scores indicative of a more positive sense of occupational self-efficacy The short form was found to be highly correlated with the long form (r=0.947), and has a reported Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.88 (Schyns & Von Collani, 2002) Efficacy
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