PMID- 26996362
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170113
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1020-3397 (Print)
IS  - 1020-3397 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 12
DP  - 2016 Mar 15
TI  - Validation of the General Self-Efficacy Scale among Qatari young women.
PG  - 891-6
AB  - The General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) is a measure of people's beliefs about 
      their capacity to cope with life's demands. Self-efficacy may be particularly 
      relevant in transitional stages such as in late adolescence, when young people 
      make decisions that will impact their adult lives. In the present study, we aimed 
      to validate an Arabic version of GSES among 355 Qatari young women aged 18+ years 
      and finishing their final year of high school. We conducted exploratory and 
      confirmatory factor analyses to assess the scale dimensionality. The final model 
      fit was adequate (root mean square error of approximation = 0.07, comparative fit 
      index = 1.00, Tucker-Lewis index = 0.99), confirming a unidimensional 
      self-efficacy measure. The Qatari Standard Arabic GSES is a reliable tool for 
      measuring general self-efficacy among young Qatari women.
FAU - Crandall, A
AU  - Crandall A
AD  - Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United 
      States of America and Department of Health Science, Brigham Young University, 
      Provo, Utah, United States of America.
FAU - Rahim, H F Abdul
AU  - Rahim HF
AD  - Social and Economic Survey Research Institute; and Department of Health Sciences 
      (College of Arts and Sciences), Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
FAU - Yount, K M
AU  - Yount KM
AD  - Hubert Department of Global Health and Department of Sociology, Emory University, 
      Atlanta, Georgia, University States of America.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Validation Study
DEP - 20160315
PL  - Egypt
TA  - East Mediterr Health J
JT  - Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee 
      orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit
JID - 9608387
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Factor Analysis, Statistical
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Qatar
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Self Concept
MH  - *Self Efficacy
MH  - *Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2016/03/22 06:00
MHDA- 2017/01/14 06:00
CRDT- 2016/03/22 06:00
PHST- 2014/11/07 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/09/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/03/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/03/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/01/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.26719/2015.21.12.891 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - East Mediterr Health J. 2016 Mar 15;21(12):891-6. doi: 10.26719/2015.21.12.891.