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+General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE)

Luszczynska, Scholz, & Schwarzer (2005)

Topic: Self-Evaluations - Self-Efficacy

Instructions: 

Read each item carefully and to rate your agreement with each statement, based on your experience at the university during the current school year, by filling in an oval to the right of each statement.

Response Options:  

  1. Not at all true
  2. Hardly true
  3. Moderately true
  4. Exactly true

Items:

Socio-Cognitive Variables

  1. During the next month, I intend to be physically active on a regular basis for a minimum 20 minutes at least three times a week. 
  2. During the next month, I intend to participate in all training sessions. 
  3. If I exercise on a regular basis, then I will feel balanced in my daily life.
  4. If I exercise on a regular basis, I will lose a lot of time.
  5. I have had my own plans regarding how many hours per week I would train swimming. 
  6. I am able to exercise 3 times per week for at least 30 minutes.
  7. I am able to exercise regularly even if I perceive less benefits of exercise than expected.
  8. I am able to continue my swimming training even if I would need a long time before I beat my best results.
  9. I can manage to carry out my exercise intentions, even when I have worries and problems. 
  10. I can manage to stick to healthful foods, even if I have to rethink my entire way of nutrition.
  11. In some situations, it is particularly hard to quit smoking. I can resist the temptation to smoke, even if I hang out with friends who smoke. 

Well-being

  1. During the last three days I was sad. 
  2. During the last week I was troubled by things that usually don’t bother me. 
  3. Did you feel weak?
  4. Overall, how would you rate your quality of life during the last month?
  5. Did your physical condition of medical treatment impair your family life?
  6. Have you felt irritable?
  7. Did you have difficulties remembering things?

Health Behaviors

  1. Within the last month, how many times per week have you engaged in moderate physical activity such as brisk walking or cycling for at least 20 minutes? (open response)
  2. Within the last month, how many times per week have you engaged in intensive physical activity with sweating and increased heartbeat, for at least 20 minutes? (open response)
  3. I pay careful attention to the amount of calories in my food.
  4. How many tobacco products do you usually consume during one day, or did you usually consume during one day? (open response)

Coping Strategies

  1. I have tried to change my situation.
  2. I have searched for more information.
  3. I thought hard about what steps to take.
  4. I have tried to see things from a more positive viewpoint. 
  5. I have tried to keep my sense of humor. 
  6. I tried to fight the disease.
  7. I have blamed myself.
  8. I have given up to do anything about it. 

Citation:

Luszczynska, A., Scholz, U., & Schwarzer, R. (2005). The general self-efficacy scale: multicultural validation studies. The Journal of Psychology, 139(5), 439-457. https://doi.org/10.3200/JRLP.139.5.439-457 Links to an external site.. 

Link to PDF: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.3200/JRLP.139.5.439-457?needAccess=true Links to an external site.

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