Research Article
Body-Efficacy Expectation: Assessment of Beliefs concerning Bodily Coping Capabilities with a Five-Item Scale
Table 2
Descriptive statistics, internal consistencies, and intercorrelation of the scales.
| | BEE | GSE | IHLOC | SoH | BC/BF | PF | General Health | Present Health |
| Intercorrelation of the scales | | | | | | | | | BEE: body-efficacy expectation | — | | | | | | | | GSE: general self-efficacy | 0.35 | — | | | | | | | IHLOC: internal health locus of control | 0.30 | 0.23 | — | | | | | | SoH: state of health | 0.47 | 0.43 | 0.29 | — | | | | | BC/BF: body care and external appearance/body functioning | 0.09 | 0.21 | 0.31 | 0.27 | — | | | | PF: physical fitness | 0.30 | 0.34 | 0.23 | 0.68 | 0.42 | — | | | General health | 0.47 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.65 | 0.23 | 0.45 | — | | Present health | −0.04 | −0.01 | 0.00 | −0.03 | −0.03 | −0.04 | −0.03 | — |
| Mean (M) | 2.83 | 2.97 | 29.34 | 25.70 | 35.70 | 44.04 | 3.35 | 3.19 | Standard Deviation (SD) | 0.54 | 0.43 | 4.93 | 5.30 | 5.18 | 8.59 | 0.81 | 0.75 | Cronbach’s α | 0.77 | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.73 | 0.87 | | |
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