The General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) online test provided by PsycTest Quiz is designed to help you understand how confident you are in your abilities when facing various life challenges. The test originated from a scale compiled by German psychologist Professor Ralf Schwarzer and colleagues in 1981. Currently, GSES has been translated into multiple languages and is widely used worldwide.
This test will help you evaluate your general sense of self-efficacy. Self-efficacy, also known as personal efficacy, is the degree or intensity of an individual's own belief in the ability to accomplish tasks and achieve goals. Bandura defines self-efficacy as a belief in people’s ability to achieve their specific domain action goals. A person who believes that he can handle all kinds of things well will be more active and proactive in life.
Generally, self-efficacy refers to the individual's expectations of whether he or she has the ability to fulfill a certain behavior in a specific situation. It consists of two important components:
- Results Expectation: Your speculation on what kind of results your behavior may lead to.
- Performance expectations: Your subjective judgment of your ability to perform a certain behavior.
A person with a higher sense of self-efficacy is usually more proactive in life, more willing to try new things, and more persevere when facing challenges.
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There are 10 items in the GSES scale, covering the following aspects:
- A sense of hard work
- Talent
- A sense of environment
- A sense of goal achievement
- Self-expectation
Each item is on the Likert 4-point scale, and you need to choose the most consistent option based on your own situation, and score it from 'completely incorrect' to 'completely correct'. The higher the total score of the GSES scale, the stronger your general sense of self-efficacy.
This scale is suitable for people over the age of 12, both individual and group tests.
Research shows that self-efficacy has a great impact on individuals:
- Determines people's choice of activities and their persistence in the activities
- Influence people's attitudes in the face of difficulties
- Influence the performance of new behaviors and acquired behaviors
- Influencing the mood of activities
If you want to better understand your self-confidence when facing challenges and how to improve your sense of self-efficacy, try this test. Click the 'Start Test' button below to start the test.
