TY - JOUR
T1 - Predicting Civic Competencies Among East African Youth and Emerging Adults
T2 - Report on the Swahili General Self-Efficacy Scale
AU - Johnson, Laura R.
AU - Johnson-Pynn, Julie S.
AU - Drescher, Christopher
AU - Sackey, Enoch
AU - Assenga, Sophia
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the U.S. Fulbright Foundation for supporting this research through an East Africa Regional Research Grant to Laura R. Johnson. They thank the partcipants, the special assitance of Zaituni Karim, Herieth Balagaye, Ray Kihilo, Japhet Jonas, Deus Cosmos, and the Jane Goodall Roots and Shoots research partners. The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Funding was received by the U.S. Fulbright Foundation through a Sub-Saharan African Research Grant awarded to L. R. Johnson.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood and SAGE Publications.
PY - 2019/8/1
Y1 - 2019/8/1
N2 - Self-efficacy has been examined around the world, with research indicating its importance for personal and civic development. The General Self-Efficacy Scale has been translated into 33 languages; however, no African language version has been well established, and research on self-efficacy in the region is rare. A measure of self-efficacy in Swahili, a language widely used in East Africa, could spur research. We describe the development of the Swahili General Self-Efficacy Scale and its psychometric properties with a large, diverse group of Tanzanian youth and emerging adults (N = 1,409, ages 13–26). We report psychometrics including internal consistency, factor structure, convergent reliability, and the ability of the measure to predict civic competencies. Our results establish the Swahili General Self-Efficacy Scale as a credible measure with implications for personal and civic development. We suggest areas for investigation and provide the Swahili scale as an impetus for research in the region.
AB - Self-efficacy has been examined around the world, with research indicating its importance for personal and civic development. The General Self-Efficacy Scale has been translated into 33 languages; however, no African language version has been well established, and research on self-efficacy in the region is rare. A measure of self-efficacy in Swahili, a language widely used in East Africa, could spur research. We describe the development of the Swahili General Self-Efficacy Scale and its psychometric properties with a large, diverse group of Tanzanian youth and emerging adults (N = 1,409, ages 13–26). We report psychometrics including internal consistency, factor structure, convergent reliability, and the ability of the measure to predict civic competencies. Our results establish the Swahili General Self-Efficacy Scale as a credible measure with implications for personal and civic development. We suggest areas for investigation and provide the Swahili scale as an impetus for research in the region.
KW - East Africa
KW - General Self-Efficacy Scale
KW - Swahili
KW - civic development
KW - psychometrics
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U2 - 10.1177/2167696818768083
DO - 10.1177/2167696818768083
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046685925
SN - 2167-6968
VL - 7
SP - 309
EP - 314
JO - Emerging Adulthood
JF - Emerging Adulthood
IS - 4
ER -