Task-Specific Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale: The Development and Validation of a Prototype.

Abstract Using the work groups listed under Selected Characteristics of Occupations defined in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (U.S. Employment Service 1981), two forms (A and B) of a 230 item task-specific occupational self-efficacy scale (TSOSS, Osipow & Rooney, 1989 ) were compiled. Results were compared with responses to the Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale (OSES) ( Betz and Hackett, 1981 ), used as a general self-efficacy measure. Responses were obtained from 201 students (126 females and 75 males) in psychology ( n = 113) and journalism ( n = 88) classes at a large midwestern university. A number of analyses related to the psychometric characteristics of the proposed instrument were performed. Results supported the feasibility and utility of a task-specific measure of occupational self-efficacy and confirmed both theory and previous research.

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