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    The document examines how the language a general self-efficacy scale is presented in affects responses from Arabic-English bilingual female students. It found that students scored higher on the English version of the scale and their emotional responses differed depending on the language of the scale, possibly due to cultural norms of modesty.

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    RUNNING HEAD: General Self-Efficacy Scale

    The New General Self-Efficacy Scale: A Matter of Language Khadija El Alaoui, Siddiqua
    Aamir, Ebtesam Ahmad Tallouzi, and Maura A. E. Pilotti Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd
    University

    Author Note
    Khadija El Alaoui, Siddiqua Aamir, Ebtesam Ahmad Tallouzi, and Maura A. E. Pilotti,
    Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University.
    Authors have contributed equally to the research. Correspondence concerning this article should
    be addressed to the corresponding author, Maura Pilotti, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University,
    P.O. Box 1664, Al Khobar 31952, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: [email protected].

    Abstract
    General Self-Efficacy (GSE) scales are used to measure the extent to which individuals possess a
    general sense of mastery that is not tied to a specific situation or behavior. The present study
    assesses whether the language in which a GSE scale is presented yields different responses in
    Arabic-English bilingual female students and whether differences can be traced to emotional
    reactions triggered by cultural norms dictating modesty in attitudes and behavioral expression.
    Female students residing in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia completed the
    New General Self-Efficacy (NGSE) scale and reported the valence and intensity of their
    reactions to each of the statements of the scale. The English version of NGSE produced higher
    scores than the Arabic version. Because arousal was either minimally related to NGSE scores
    (English version) or not related at all (Arabic version), the higher reported arousal of the English
    version may be due to the lower automaticity with which a second language is processed. For
    the English version, the higher the NGSE scores, the more positive was the emotional response
    to the statements of the scale, whereas for the Arabic version, the higher the NGSE scores, the
    less positive was the emotional response. If disapproval of the individualistic, self-focused
    approach of the NGSE scale is inferred from the valence of participants’ reactions, the results of
    the present investigation are consistent with the notion that Arabic can trigger cultural codes of
    modesty.

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