Adaptación al español de la escala de autoeficacia general para su uso en el contexto ecuatoriano

Abstract

Self-efficacy has great relevance in clinical and health psychology, since it can explain a wide range of behaviors, because it refers to the beliefs people have about their own capabilities to reach a goal. For the purpose of this study, two objectives were proposed: the Spanish adaptation of the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) created by Schwarzer and Jerusalem (1995) in order to be used in the ecuadorian context and the evaluation of the reproduction of the factorial structure proposed by its authors, considering a sample of 567 participants. The reliability, dimensionality and validity of the scale were analyzed. The results show an adequate internal consistency, excellent discrimination indices for each item, high factor loads and also a convergent and discriminant validity against the Wellbeing and negative emotions constructs (PERMA). We may conclude that the data adjust well the theoretical model, obtaining a useful tool for health professionals in the ecuadorian context.