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Self-regulation and positive traits

New General Self-Efficacy Scale.

NGSE

What it measures
generalized self-efficacy
Length and format
8 items. 5-point Likert (strongly disagree to strongly agree) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Translated into Chinese, Korean, Spanish, German and others
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
public-domain / open

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Reference
Chen, G., Gully, S. M., & Eden, D. (2001). Validation of a new general self-efficacy scale. Organizational Research Methods, 4(1), 62-83.

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