Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2016 Apr 26;25(10):2559–2564. doi: 10.1007/s11136-016-1300-z

University of Washington Self-Efficacy Scale 6-item short form

How confident are you that Not at all A little Quite a bit A lot Completely
1. You can keep the physical discomfort related to your health condition or disability from interfering with the things you want to do?
2. You can keep your health condition or disability from interfering with your ability to deal with unexpected events?
3. You can keep your health condition or disability from interfering with your ability to interact socially?
4. You can keep your health condition or disability from being the center of your life?
5. You can bounce back from frustration, discouragement or disappointment that your health condition or disability may cause you?
6. You can figure out effective solutions to issues that come up related to your health condition or disability?

Items can be summed and then transformed to generate a total score for each form. Responses to items are made on a five-point scale: 1 = not at all, 2 = a little, 3 = quite a bit, 4 = a lot, 5 = completely