Context: Module 64 - TheMeasurementGroup.com

Main Purpose	The purpose of this module is to record feelings of self-efficacy or mastery.
Description	Standardized index widely used since 1978. High scores indicate high levels of mastery. Mastery is "the extent to which one regards one’s life chances as being under one’s own control, in contrast to being fatalistically ruled."
Target Projects for Form	Projects serving individual clients seeking to document changes in self-efficacy. Might also be used as an indirect measure of staff burn-out.
Major Evaluation Function	Measuring change in outcome for client-focused projects. May be used as a measure of empowerment for projects seeking to change HIV client’s sense of self-directedness.
Implementation	Module 64 Current Version (dated 2/16/96) Activation Number: 36245. Module 64 (for Washington University Site) Current Version (dated 6/21/96) Activation Number 62365.
Citation(s)	Huba, G. J., Melchior, L. A., Staff of The Measurement Group, and HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreement Steering Committee (1996). Module 64: Self-Efficacy Form. Available: www.TheMeasurementGroup.com. Culver City, California: The Measurement Group.
Source Citation(s)	Pearlin, L. and Schooler, C. (1978). The structure of coping. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 19, 2-21. Pearlin, L., Lieberman, M., Menaghan, E., and Mullan, J. (1981). The stress process. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 22, 337-356.