“…The occupational self-efficacy scale (Abele, Stief, & Andrä, 2000; see also Abele & Spurk, 2009a) consists of six items (sample items "I am confident that I could successfully deal with the challenges my occupation provides if I only want to", reversely coded: "I do not know if I have the necessary skills for my occupation", T1: Cronbach's α = .73, T2: Cronbach's α = .76, T3: Cronbach's α = .74, T4: Cronbach's α = .72). The scale is one-dimensional and showed high construct validity in the original development study (Abele et al, 2000).…”