Academic self-concepts and self-efficacies: Their interdependencies and relationships to scholastic achievementAbstract. Self-concept and self-efficacy are important constructs in educational psychology. They have frequently been the object of research in ...
Academic Self-Efficacy or Subject-Specific Self-Efficacies?Abstract. This article aimed to shed light on the subject-tied structure of academic self-efficacy and on its economic assessment. Two samples were investigated (sample A: N = 601 Chinese ...
Are “invisible MS symptoms” (fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, depression) significant in the professional performance assessment of multiple sclerosis patients two years after the inpatient primary evaluation?...
Abstract. Coping with social stress involves cognitive perceptions and the activation of several physiological mechanisms. Our main purpose was to examine how psychological factors such as cognitive appraisal, and particularly self-efficacy, may affect ...
Abstract. Academic writing is a complex and demanding activity that plays an important role in self-regulated learning settings within higher education. Self-efficacy and self-regulation are crucial factors for success and failure in ...
Abstract. By means of two studies, a self-report measure to assess self-efficacy in presentation and moderation skills, the SEPM scales, was validated. In study 1, factorial and construct validity were examined. A sample of 744 university ...
Summary: This study examines the psychometric properties of four scales designed to assess efficacy beliefs that family members hold about their role as spouse, parent, and child, as well as about the functioning of family as a holistic system. The sample ...
Abstract. Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) is a manualized psychosocial group intervention for people with mild to moderate dementia. Because of its broad scientific evidence and cost effectiveness, CST is now used globally. To ensure replicability ...
The aim of the present study was to examine the construct validity of the Self-Efficacy Scale for Driver Competence (SSDC). The SSDC was based on a theoretical model for perceived driver competence, based on the self-efficacy construct and five aspects of ...
A prospective study was conducted to examine a conceptual model in which affective and interpersonal social self-efficacy beliefs affect depression and delinquency concurrently and at 4 years of distance, controlling for earlier adolescents’ exposure to ...
Abstract. This study aimed to investigate the relationship of employee strengths use with thriving at work by proposing a moderated mediation model. Data were collected at two time points, spaced by a 2-week ...
Development and validity of a new domain-specific scale for the measurement of work-related collective efficacyAbstract. After reviewing current scales of collective efficacy we present a new domain-specific scale that taps collective efficacy in work-...
SACIE, EFI-L, and KIESEL: Validity of Three Measurement Instruments to Assess Attitudes Toward InclusionAbstract. Attitudes toward inclusion are key determinants of the successful implementation of inclusive practices in schools. The present study ...
Validity and Reliability of the German Version of the Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale for AdolescentsAbstract:Background: Self-efficacy beliefs regarding one’s emotion regulation are an important antecedent of successful ...
Factors of Individual Threat, Efficacy and Cost Appraisal in the Context of Environmental StressorsAbstract. In the area of environmental stressors factors of individual threat, efficacy and response-costs appraisal are investigated. This examination ...
Abstract. Dweck’s theory posits that intelligence mindsets have significant implications in individuals’ self-esteem and previous studies have also demonstrated a consistent link between these two constructs (Conigrave et al., 2019; King, 2012; Zhao et ...
The Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire: A German language adaptationAbstract. The FESS, the German adaptation of the Pain Self-efficacy Questionnaire (Nicholas, 2007), is introduced for the assessment of self-efficacy in patients with chronic pain. In ...
Der 9 Items umfassende Fragebogen zur Selbstwirksamkeit in der Erziehung (FSW) wurde in Anlehnung an verschiedene international verbreitete Fragebögen entwickelt. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war es, den Fragebogen hinsichtlich seiner psychometrischen ...
The Generalized Expectancies for Negative Mood Regulation (NMR) Scale has been developed to assess beliefs about one’s ability to do something to feel better when emotionally upset. One aim of the present study was to replicate convergent and discriminant ...