Development and validation of a measure of cognitive and behavioural social self-efficacy

Homeschooling, Civics, and Socialization: The Case of Israel

“…The second category of concerns related to social development of homeschooled children pertains to their sense of social self-efficacy. Social self-efficacy refers to an individual’s ability and confidence in social situations (Grieve, Witteveen, Tolan, & Jacobson, 2014), belief in their own ability to plan and carry out the necessary actions to achieve what they want in the social realm (Kirk, Schutte, & Hine, 2008), and the belief that they are capable of initiating positive social connections (Wei, Russell, & Zakalik, 2005).…”

“…Various studies have shown that high self-efficacy in a given realm is related to better functioning in that same realm (Kirk et al, 2008). Although some claim that a person’s self-reported social self-efficacy does not accurately represent actual social abilities, it has been found that a person’s sense of social self-efficacy does have an impact on behavior, and can predict psycho-social functioning (Grieve et al, 2014). People with a low sense of social self-efficacy tend to be functionally impaired and experience feelings of helplessness, expectations of negative social encounters, and problems in adjusting in social situations (Grieve et al, 2014).…”

Hope, Self-Efficacy, Prosocial and Aggressive Behavior, and the Anger and Frustration Scale for Mexican Drivers

“…It is possible that driver aggression, which may be characterized as attitudes of a dysfunctional nature, may be related to low levels of self-efficacy. Assessing behavioural and cognitive aspects of social interaction is key to understanding self-efficacy (Grieve, Witteveen, Tolan, & Jacobson, 2014). If selfefficacy is related to driver aggression, a possible understanding of why a certain collective of individuals behaves so may be generated.…”

“…In other words, one may have a good level of self-efficacy as a personality trait, but not expect to have a high level of task performance on a determined behavior. The ability to perform in a certain task is different from one's perception of his or her ability to perform in said task (Grieve et al, 2014), which in turn provides a measure of the accurateness of said person's perceived reality. Selfefficacy has been found related to social functioning in schizophrenia (Vaskinn et al, 2015), and to humor and prosocial behaviors (Falanga, Elvira, Caroli, & Sagone, 2014).…”

“…Due to the pervasiveness of self-efficacy in a person's life, effective and accurate assessment of the construct may be related to predicting and understanding psychosocial factors (Grieve et al, 2014). Self-efficacy may be used to estimate the need of psychosocial resources (Vancouver, Gullekson, Morse, & Warren, 2014), which returns the argument to evaluation and coping (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984).…”