Journal of Nursing & Care

Gerdamarie S Schmitz

Publications

• Research Article
  Development and Validation of a Student Self-efficacy Scale
  Author(s): Melodie Rowbotham and Gerdamarie S SchmitzMelodie Rowbotham and Gerdamarie S Schmitz
  
  The study was designed to address the reliability and validity evidence that supports the Student Self-Efficacy scale. The scale measures student self-efficacy related to didactic course work. Face and content validity were measured by expert educators and researchers with the feedback that the questionnaire was clear and addressed the skills needed to measure student self-efficacy in the classroom. The scale was administered to 65 nursing students in two courses, one sophomore level and one junior level. The Student Self-Efficacy (SSE) Scale was compared to the well established General Self-Efficacy (GSE) Scale to assess the concurrent criterion-related validity. A highly significant correlation of r = 0.70 was found between the two scales. The scores of both questionnaires were also compared with demographic variables and no correlation or significant difference was found with the e.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000126

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