Adjustment to the interpersonal and environmental contexts of a host country is critical for sojourners. Founded in social cognitive career theory, the Self-Efficacy for Sociocultural Adaptation Scale (SESCAS) is a multidimensional scale that assesses self-efficacy for three types of tasks (affective, behavioral, cognitive) in two cultural contexts (environmental, interpersonal). We conducted item-total correlations, confirmatory factor analyses, reliability analyses (test-retest, internal consistency), within-scale convergent and discriminant validity, convergent and discriminant validity, and predictive validity assessments across an initial sample of the general population (n = 227), a cross-validation sample of undergraduate students enrolled in education abroad (n = 546), and a predictive validity sample of re-entered education abroad undergraduates (n = 74). Psychometric properties of the scale support its use as a total score and as various subfactor constellations. Researchers are encouraged to use the SESCAS to explore how self-efficacy for sociocultural adaptation may contribute to global learning outcomes and well-being.

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社会文化适应自我效能感量表 (SESCAS)：发展和初步心理测量评估

适应东道国的人际关系和环境背景对于旅居者来说至关重要。基于社会认知职业理论的社会文化适应自我效能感量表 (SESCAS) 是一种多维量表，用于评估两种文化背景（环境、人际交往）中三类任务（情感、行为、认知）的自我效能感。我们对一般人群的初始样本（n = 227），在国外就读本科生的交叉验证样本（n = 546），以及重新进入国外教育的本科生的预测效度样本（n = 74）。该量表的心理测量特性支持其用作总分和各种子因素星座。鼓励研究人员使用 SESCAS 来探索社会文化适应的自我效能如何有助于全球学习成果和福祉。