The Self-efficacy Questionnaire for School Situations: Development and Psychometric Evaluation
Abstract
Following Bandura's theory, a Self-efficacy Questionnaire for School Situations (SEQ-SS) was developed to assess the cognitions of school refusers. The instrument contains twelve school-related situations which are rated by children according to their belief about their ability to cope with each situation. Factor analysis yielded two reliable factors labelled Academic/Social Stress and Separation/Discipline Stress. Psychometric evaluation also revealed good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Total self-efficacy scores for 135 school refusers ranged from very low to very high. Self-efficacy was highest with regard to doing school work and lowest with regard to answering peers' questions about absences. The clinical utility of the SEQ-SS is discussed, with implications for the selection of cognitive and behavioural treatment procedures. The application of the instrument in future research is also considered.
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Background
- Authors
- Heyne, D., King, N., Tonge, B., Rollings, S., Pritchard, M., Young, D., & Myerson, N.
- Affiliations
- Monash University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Heyne, David
- Venue
- Behaviour Change
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1998-03
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 31-40
- ISSN
- 0813-4839 (ISSN-L)
- 2049-7768
- OpenAlex
- W2215133896
- Cited by
- 73
- References
- 31
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- FWCI
- 23.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behaviour Change (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Keywords
- self-efficacy, school refusal, academic stress, social stress, separation stress, children, psychometric properties, questionnaire development, treatment selection
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