Assessing digital self-efficacy: Review and scale development

Today, digitalization is affecting all areas of life, such as education or work. The competent use digital systems (esp. information and communication technologies [ICT]) has thus become an essential skill. Despite longstanding research on human-technology interaction diverse theoretical approaches describing competences for interacting with systems, still offers mixed results regarding the structure competences. Self-efficacy described one most critical determinants system use, various self-report scales assessing self-efficacy have been suggested. Yet, these largely differ in their proposed specificity, structure, validation, timeliness. present study aims at providing a systematic overview comparison existing measures (DSE) to current competence frameworks. Further, we newly developed scale that assesses heterogeneous adult populations, theoretically founded DigComp 2.1 social-cognition theory. factorial DSE assessed investigate multidimensionality. validated considering nomological network (actual ICT technophobia). Implications practice are discussed. • Scoping review assess digital/ICT related self-efficacy. Scale development economical multifaceted Validation German population. Measurement invariance testing across gender DigComp-SE scale. Discussion application fields.