The Community Service Self-Efficacy Scale: Further Evidence of Construct Validity

Community Service Self-Efficacy and Summer Service-Learning: Comparative Analyses Among Academically Talented Youth

“…Findings have been corroborated across diverse student groups; students with emotional and behavioral disorders (Frey, 2003), Catholic undergraduates (Bernacki & Jaeger, 2008), undergraduate sociology students (Kendrick, 1996), Bonners Scholars (Keen & Keen, 1998), youth enrolled in afterschool programs (Eccles & Gootman, 2002), graduate social work students (Williams, King, & Koob, 2002), and racially and socioeconomically diverse groups of middle school students (Scales, Blyth, Berkas, & Kielsmeier, 2000) have all reported increased senses of self-efficacy after participating in service-learning. Reeb (2006) explains that a student's level of self-efficacy for community service would correlate to his/her likelihood to pursue service-learning opportunities and levels of effort and perseverance in the associated activities. Yet, there has been a relative dearth of research that examines community service self-efficacy (Reeb, Katsuyama, Sammon, & Yoder, 1998).…”

“…Reeb (2006) explains that a student's level of self-efficacy for community service would correlate to his/her likelihood to pursue service-learning opportunities and levels of effort and perseverance in the associated activities. Yet, there has been a relative dearth of research that examines community service self-efficacy (Reeb, Katsuyama, Sammon, & Yoder, 1998). For this reason, Reeb et al (1998) created the Community Service Self-Efficacy Scale (CSSES) to meet the needs of a psychometrically sound instrument in the research of servicelearning.…”

“…Yet, there has been a relative dearth of research that examines community service self-efficacy (Reeb, Katsuyama, Sammon, & Yoder, 1998). For this reason, Reeb et al (1998) created the Community Service Self-Efficacy Scale (CSSES) to meet the needs of a psychometrically sound instrument in the research of servicelearning. Since its creation, few studies have examined community service self-efficacy simultaneous to enrollment or following participation in a service-learning course.…”

“…The Community Service Self-Efficacy Scale (CSSES; Reeb, Katsuyama, Sammon, & Yoder, 1998) consists of 10 items that assess student confidence in making significant contribution to community through service. CSSES questions are rated on a 10-point range (1 = Quite Uncertain, 10 = Certain).…”

Measuring the Impact of a Supplemental Civic Education Program on Students’ Civic Attitude and Efficacy Beliefs

“…Brandes & Randall (2011) reported a reliability coefficient of .81 and .89 for the same scale. Bringle, Phillips and Hudson (2004) report that the scale, which has been used in other published, empirical studies (e.g., Brandes & Randall, 2011;Buch & Harden, 2011) based on evidence, is unidimensional 2.2.2 Self-Efficacy Students' efficacy beliefs were measured using the Community Service Self-Efficacy Scale (CSSES) by Reeb, Katsuyama, Sammon, and Yoder (1998). This 10-item questionnaire measures students' level of confidence in contributing to their communities through service, with items such as "If I choose to participate in community service in the future, I will be able to make a meaningful contribution" rated from 1 (uncertain) to 10 (certain).…”