Table 1 Item wordings of the original P-PSE scale
For each of the following items, please rate how confident you are in your ability to execute the specific action or behavior described. | |
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(1) | State your own political opinion openly, even in clearly hostile settings. |
(2) | Make certain that the political representatives you voted honor their commitments to the electorate. |
(3) | Promote public initiatives to support political programs that you believe are just. |
(4) | Maintain personal relationships with representatives of national government authorities. |
(5) | Play a decisive role in the choice of the leaders of political movements to which you belong, or to which you are near. |
(6) | Carry out an effective information campaign for the political movement or party with which you concur regarding beliefs and programs. |
(7) | Actively promote the election of political candidates in which you trust. |
(8) | Promote effective activities of information and mobilization in your own community (of work, friends, and family), to sustain political programs in which you believe. |
(9) | Collect a substantial amount of money to sustain the activities of your party. |
(10) | Use the means you have as a citizen to critically monitor the actions of your political representatives. |