en ● Psychosocial Health مقاله اصيل پژوهشي Orginal Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background</strong>: Self-efficacy plays a crucial role in determining individuals&rsquo; overall well-being and empowerment, particularly among early-adulthood homemakers in India. Despite its importance, research on the psychometric properties of the general self-efficacy scale (GSES) in India is scarce. This study aimed to bridge this knowledge gap by examining the reliability and validity of the GSES among early-adulthood homemakers in India.<br> <strong>Methods</strong>: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 full-time homemakers in Chhattisgarh, India, selected through stratified random sampling. The participants were women aged 20-40 years, married for at least one year, with a minimum 12th-grade education in English medium. The sample size was determined using G*Power software, version 3.1 analysis. We used a demographic characteristics checklist and the 10-item GSES, assessing validity and reliability through exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and Cronbach&rsquo;s &alpha;.&nbsp;<br> <strong>Results</strong>: EFA yielded a 4-factor model that accounted for 64.14% of the variance with factor loadings ranging from 0.57 to 0.84. CFA confirmed a four-factor model with a satisfactory model fit indices (CFI=0.895, Tucker-Lewis index [TLI]=0.782, root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA]=0.084 and standardized root mean square residual [SRMR]=0.044). However, internal consistency (Cronbach&rsquo;s &alpha; between 0.466 and 0.678) of the three factors was low. Therefore, despite the EFA results, we recommend the original one-factor model for the GSE scale (CFI=0.769, TLI=0.745, RMSEA=0.098 and SRMR=0.064) in the Indian population due to its higher internal consistency (Cronbach&rsquo;s &alpha;=0.74).&nbsp;<br> <strong>Conclusion</strong>: This study validates the original GSES as a reliable tool for measuring self-efficacy among early-adulthood homemakers in India, enabling its application in research, interventions, and policy development to promote women&rsquo;s empowerment and well-being.</div> Homemakers, Psychometric, Assessment, General self-efficacy scale (GSES), Validation study 29 38 http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2103-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ankita Singh mksahu4135@gmail.com 100319475328460044137 0009-0001-4776-9015 No Amity Institute of Behavioural & Allied Sciences, Amity University Chhattisgarh, Raipur, India. Mahendra Kumar mksahu4135@gmail.com 100319475328460044138 100319475328460044138 Yes Amity Institute of Behavioural & Allied Sciences, Amity University Chhattisgarh, Raipur, India.