Validación de la escala de autoeficacia general en Chile

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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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Henríquez, P., Orellana Y, A., & Alexandre Barriga, O. (2010). Validación de la escala de autoeficacia general en Chile. Revista médica de Chile. https://doi.org/10.4067/s0034-98872010000500004