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	Need for Cognition Scale	Échelle Générale d'Auto-Efficacité
Domaine	Psychologie sociale	Psychologie sociale
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1982	1995
Auteur d'origine	John Cacioppo and Richard Petty	Ralf Schwarzer and Matthias Jerusalem
Type	Intellectual engagement and cognitive motivation measure	Generalized self-efficacy and coping capacity measure
Source fondatrice	Cacioppo, J. T., & Petty, R. E. (1982). The need for cognition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 42(1), 116–131.	Schwarzer, R., & Jerusalem, M. (1995). Generalized Self-Efficacy scale. In J. Weinman, S. Wright, & M. Johnston (Eds.), Measures in health psychology: A user's portfolio. Causal and control beliefs (pp. 35–37). NFER-Nelson. ISBN: 978-0700522286
Alias	NCS, Cacioppo Need for Cognition, Intellectual Engagement Scale	GSE, Schwarzer Self-Efficacy, General Self-Efficacy
Apparentées	3	3
Résumé	The Need for Cognition Scale (NCS) is an 18-item measure assessing individual differences in the tendency to engage in and enjoy cognitive effort. Developed by John Cacioppo and Richard Petty in 1982, the NCS operationalizes need for cognition as a stable personality trait reflecting preference for thinking about complex problems, enthusiasm for intellectual pursuits, and intrinsic enjoyment of cognitive challenge. A brief 9-item version (NCS-9) is also available. The scale has become standard in psychology research examining motivation for learning, persuasion, decision-making, and academic achievement.	The General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) is a 10-item measure assessing beliefs in one's ability to handle difficult situations and to cope with challenges through adaptive effort. Developed by Ralf Schwarzer and Matthias Jerusalem in the mid-1990s, the GSE operationalizes self-efficacy as a generalized confidence in one's capacity to manage stressors across diverse situations, rather than task-specific confidence. The scale has become widely used in health psychology, occupational research, and studies examining resilience and adaptive coping.