Conscientiousness
Self-Efficacy
How capable you believe you are of handling what comes.
Why it is measured
Belief in your own competence predicts persistence independently of actual skill.
What a high or low score looks like
High scorers expect to manage. Low scorers doubt they will.
Why it matters
A belief, not a measurement of ability. The two correlate, but not perfectly.
The items behind it
Four public-domain statements, answered on a five-point scale. Items marked − are reverse keyed: agreeing with them counts against the trait, which is what stops agreeing with everything from producing a high score.
- +Complete tasks successfully
- +Excel in what I do
- +Handle tasks smoothly
- +Know how to get things done
Four items is not many. A facet measured this way carries real uncertainty, which is why every score on this site is reported as a range rather than a single number.