Citation for Spanish scales:
Guntzviller, L. M., King, A. J., Jensen, J. D., & Davis, L. A. (2017). Self-efficacy, health literacy, and nutrition and exercise behaviors in a low-income, Hispanic population. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 19(2), 489-493. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0384-4
Citation for original English scales:
Schwarzer R, Renner B. Health-specific self-efficacy scales.
http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/health/healself.pdf.
Schwarzer and Renner’s self-efficacy scales for exercise and nutrition (English & Spanish)
*We had the English scales (Schwarzer and Renner’s measures) translated to Spanish by a certified legal and health translator (she specifically used wording for Mexican Spanish, as that was our population).
Physical Exercise Self-Exercise (PhysExcSE) Scale
Puedo arreglarmelas para llevar a cabo mis intenciones de hacer ejercicio…
Translated: I can manage to carry out my intentions to exercise …
Response set:
1- sumamente inseguro- very uncertain
2- algo inseguro- rather uncertain
3- also seguro- rather certain
4- sumamente seguro- very certain
PhysExcSE1
In survey appears as: …aun cuando tengo problemas y preocupaciones.
Translated: even if I have problems and concerns
PhysExcSE2
In survey appears as: …aun cuando me siento deprimido.
Translated: even when I feel depressed.
PhysExcSE3
In survey appears as: …aun cuando me siento tenso.
Translated: even when I feel tense.
PhysExcSE4
In survey appears as: …aun cuando estoy cansado.
Translated: even when I’m tired
PhysExcSE5
In survey appears as: …aun cuando estoy ocupado.
Translated: even when I’m busy.
Nutrition Self-Efficacy (NutritionSE) Scale
Que tan seguro se siente de poder superar los siguientes obstaculos?
Translated: How certain are you that you could overcome the following barriers?
Puedo arreglarmelas para consumer unicamente alimentos.
Translated: I can manage to stick to healthful foods…
Response set:
1- sumamente inseguro- very uncertain
2- algo inseguro- rather uncertain
3- also seguro- rather certain
4- sumamente seguro- very certain
NutritionSE1
In survey appears as: …aunque me tome mucho tiempo desarrolarla rutina necesaria para
lograrlo.
Translated: …even if I need a long time to develop the necessary routines.
NutritionSE2
In survey appears as: …aunque tenga que intentarlo varias veces, hasta logralo.
Translated: …even if I have to try several times until it works.
NutritionSE3
In survey appears as: …aunque tenga que volver a programar mi manera de pensar respecto a la
nutricion.
Translated: …even if I have to rethink my entire way of nutrition
Nutrition SE4
In survey appears as: …aunque no cuente con mucho apoyo de la gente que me rodea cuando
comience a intentarlo.
Translated:…even if I do not receive a great deal of support from others when making my first
attempts.
NutritionSE5
In survey appears as: …aunque tenga que hacer un plan detallado para lograrlo.
Translated: …even if I have to make a detailed plan.
