Development and validation of the Science Self-Efficacy Questionnaire to assess the short-term influence of scientists facilitating outreach.
According to Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory, self-efficacy beliefs are shaped by four sources: Mastery Experience, Vicarious Experience, Verbal Persuasion, and Emotional State. Scientists facilitating outreach activities represent a theoretically distinct and underexplored source of Vicarious Experience and Verbal P...