Validation of a New Self-Efficacy Measure for Community Research

Self‐Efficacy in Service‐Learning Community Action Research: Theory, Research, and Practice

“…In support of this hypothesis, a previously unpublished study of 121 undergraduate reported by Reeb et al (2008) found that, after statistically controlling for variance accounted for by social desirability measures, the Loyola Generativity Scale, which measures ''individual differences in generative concern'' (McAdams and de St. Aubin 1992, p. 1006), correlated with the CSSES (pr = .61, p \ .001). This finding was in the study of 272 undergraduates by Reeb et al (2009a) in which the same measure of generativity correlated the CSSES (pr = .42, p \ .001), after controlling for social desirability influences.…”

“…Therefore, the nomological network for community service selfefficacy hypothesizes a positive correlation with the construct of growth motivation. After statistically controlling for variance associated with social desirability, a previously unpublished study by Reeb et al (2009a) of 272 undergraduates obtained support for this hypothesis; that is, the CSSES correlated with the Growth Motivation Index (pr = .36, p \ .001), including the Experiential Subscale Score (pr = .34, p \ .001) and the Cognitive Subscale Score (pr = .29, p \ .001).…”

“…However, in an earlier study (N = 275) presented at a conference, Reeb et al (1999) found that the correlation between the CSSES and the Marlowe- Despite these promising findings, questions regarding the extent to which CSSES scores reflect social desirability (or an acquiescent response bias) is such an important matter when establishing construct validity for a measure of this kind (Cronbach and Meehl 1955), and so further examination seemed warranted. A previously unpublished study (N = 272) by Reeb et al (2009a) examined the relationship between CSSES/CSSES-SC and another measure of social desirability-the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (BIDR; Paulhus 1984), which incorporates two subscales-Self-Deception (BIDR-SD) and Impression Management (BIDR-IM). The correlation coefficients between the CSSES and the BIDR (r = .16, p \ .007), the BIDR-SD (r = .07, p [ .05), and the BIDR-IM (r = .19, p \ .002) were low in magnitude and therefore not clinically or meaningfully significant.…”

“…Competence in providing community service requires all three aspects of empathy, and so our nomological network for community service self-efficacy hypothesizes a positive correlation with the construct of empathy. As presented below, the hypothesis was examined in a previously unpublished study of 272 undergraduate (Reeb et al 2009a), which explored relationships between the CSSES and two multidimensional measures of empathy. The two empathy measures, which complement one another in content, were found by Reeb et al (2009a) to be highly correlated (pr = .68, p \ .001), even after controlling for social desirability effects.…”

“…As presented below, the hypothesis was examined in a previously unpublished study of 272 undergraduate (Reeb et al 2009a), which explored relationships between the CSSES and two multidimensional measures of empathy. The two empathy measures, which complement one another in content, were found by Reeb et al (2009a) to be highly correlated (pr = .68, p \ .001), even after controlling for social desirability effects. Reeb et al (2009a) found that, after controlling for variance associated with social desirability, the CSSES correlated with the Multidimensional Emotional Empathy Scale (Caruso and Mayer 1998) total score (pr = .47, p \ .001), as well as with subscale scores for Empathic Suffering (pr = .45, p \ .001), Positive Sharing (pr = .38, p \ .001), Emotional Attention (pr = .37, p \ .001), and Feeling for Others (pr = .30, p \ .001).…”