Adapting to the Evolving Digital Landscape: Development and Validation of the VirtHuLab Self Efficacy Scale.
Measuring people's self-efficacy in navigating the digital world has become essential in an age where the Internet permeates every aspect of life. This paper describes the creation and validation of the VISES (Virthulab Internet Self-Efficacy Scale), an instrument designed for the modern Internet en...
| Published in: | Psychological Reports Vol. 129; no. 2; pp. 1692 - 1719 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Apr2026
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