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Validity and T-Norms GSE

 Concurrent and Prognostic Validity of General Perceived Self-Efficacy
  1989
1991
Men Women
Men
Women
Depression
-.31** -.44** -.27** -.32**
Loneliness
-.39** -.39** -.27** -.24*
Anxienty -.41** -.45** -.31** -.32**
Shyness
-.47** -.47** -.33** -.29*
Self-Esteem
.51** .59** .34** .40**
Optimism
.48** .51** .20 .56**
Pessimism
-.27** -.30** -.20 -.19

The correlations were derived from a sample of East German migrants in 1989 and 1991.
N = 528 men and n = 380 women took part in the first wave of data collection.
N = 122 men and n = 102 women participated also at the second point in time.

 

Correlations between Self-Efficacy
and Other Personality Traits
FPI Extraversion .49
FPI Neuroticism -.42
FDE Extraversion .64
Failure or action orientation .43
Decision or action orientation .49
Action centering .15
Hope of success .46
Fear of failure -.45

The correlations were derived from a sample of N = 180 students. All correlations are highly significant.

 

T-Norms of the General Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale of a   Heterogenous Adult Population
x T x T x T
10 12 20 32 30 51
11 14 21 34 31 53
12 16 22 36 32 55
13 18 23 38 33 57
14 20 24 40 34 59
15 22 25 42 35 61
16 24 26 44 36 63
17 26 27 46 37 65
18 28 28 48 38 67
19 30 29 49 39 69
        40 71

The T-norms for the German version of this scales are based on a sample of N = 1,660 persons.
The weighted mean was found to be 29.28, the weighted variance equaled 25.91.

 

T-Norms of the General Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale of a   Heterogenous Adult Population
x T x T x T
10 1 20 26 30 51
11 3 21 29 31 54
12 6 22 31 32 56
13 8 23 34 33 59
14 11 24 36 34 61
15 13 25 39 35 64
16 16 26 41 36 66
17 19 27 44 37 69
18 21 28 46 38 71
19 24 29 49 39 74
        40 76

These T-norms were derived from a sample of N = 3,494 German high school students (12 to 17 years old).
In this sample the mean was found to be 29.60, standard deviation equaled 4.0.

 

T-norms of the General Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale, US-American Adult Population
x=11 T=14 x=21 T=33 x=31 T=53
x=12 T=16 x=22 T=35 x=32 T=55
x=13 T=18 x=23 T=37 x=33 T=57
x=14 T=20 x=24 T=39 x=34 T=59
x=15 T=22 x=25 T=41 x=35 T=61
x=16 T=24 x=26 T=43 x=36 T=63
x=17 T=26 x=27 T=45 x=37 T=65
x=18 T=28 x=28 T=47 x=38 T=67
x=19 T=30 x=29 T=49 x=39 T=69
x=20 T=32 x=30 T=51 x=40 T=70

These T-norms were derived from a sample of N = 1,594 US-american adults. 
In this sample the mean was found to be 29.48, standard deviation equaled 5.13. 
Gender was equally distributed, male 50.9%, female 49.1%.