Self-Efficacy Questionnaire
Self-Efficacy Questionnaire
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1. How well can you get teachers to help you
when you get stuck on schoolwork?
2. How well can you express your opinions
when other classmates disagree with you?
3. How well do you succeed in cheering yourself
up when an unpleasant event has happened?
4. How well can you study when there are other
interesting things to do?
5. How well do you succeed in becoming calm
again when you are very scared?
6. How well can you become friends with other
children?
7. How well can you study a chapter for a test?
8. How well can you have a chat with an
unfamiliar person?
9. How well can you prevent to become
nervous?
10. How well do you succeed in finishing all your
homework every day?
11. How well can you work in harmony with your
classmates?
12. How well can you control your feelings?
13. How well can you pay attention during every
class?
14. How well can you tell other children that they
are doing something that you don’t like?
15. How well can you give yourself a pep-talk
when you feel low?
16. How well do you succeed in understanding all
subjects in school?
17. How well can you tell a funny event to a
group of children?
18. How well can you tell a friend that you don’t
feel well?
19. How well do you succeed in satisfying your
parents with your schoolwork?
20. How well do you succeed in staying friends
with other children?
21. How well do you succeed in suppressing
unpleasant thoughts?
22. How well do you succeed in passing a test?
23. How well do you succeed in preventing
quarrels with other children?
24. How well do you succeed in not worrying
about things that might happen?
Scoring
A total self-efficacy score can be obtained by summing across all items.
Items 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, and 22 = Academic self-efficacy
Items 2, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, and 23 = Social self-efficacy
Items 3, 5, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, and 24 = Emotional self-efficacy
Key references
Muris, P. (2001). A brief questionnaire for measuring self-efficacy in youths. Journal of Psychopathology and
Behavioral Assessment, 23, 145-149.
Muris, P. (2002). Relationships between self-efficacy and symptoms of anxiety disorders and depression in a normal
adolescent sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 32, 337-348
Note
Three items of this questionnaire were taken from Bandura et al. (1999). See: Bandura, A., Pastorelli, C.,
Barbaranelli, C., & Caprara, G.V. (1999). Self-efficacy pathways to childhood depression. Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology, 76, 258-269.