| Status | 已發表Published |
| Are Hope and General Self-Efficacy the same construct? | |
Kam, C. S. ; Zhou, M.
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| 2015-07-01 | |
| Source Publication | 5th ENSEC Conference – Social Emotional Learning and Culture
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| Abstract | Abstract: Hope and General Self-Efficacy are constructs that are widely investigated in clinical and community psychology research. Both of them are related to psychological health in a community, but the difference between these two constructs is still unknown. The aim of this study was to test the extent to which hope measure is equivalent to general self-efficacy measure. Questionnaire data on these two constructs and other external variables were collected from 199 Chinese college students. The factor analytic results suggested that hope and self-efficacy items measured the same construct. The unidimensional model combining hope items and GSE items fit the data as well as the bidimensional model, indicating that their corresponding items measured the same underlying construct. Further analyses showed that hope and GSE did not correlate with external variables differently in a systematic manner. Most of these correlational differences were non-significant and negligible. Our findings thus do not support conceptualizing the two measures as representing two distinct constructs. By beginning to acknowledge the communality between the two constructs, research findings from these two areas can possibly be integrated together. Implications of our findings, including the nature of the constructs in different cultural settings, will also be discussed. |
| Keyword | hope general self-efficacy factor analysis nomological network |
| Language | 英語English |
| The Source to Article | PB_Publication |
| PUB ID | 13959 |
| Document Type | Conference paper |
| Collection | Faculty of Education |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Kam, C. S.,Zhou, M.. Are Hope and General Self-Efficacy the same construct?[C], 2015. |
| APA | Kam, C. S.., & Zhou, M. (2015). Are Hope and General Self-Efficacy the same construct?. 5th ENSEC Conference – Social Emotional Learning and Culture. |
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