In a longitudinal design, 650 young adolescents' multi-faceted self-efficacy beliefs (academic, social and self-regulatory), academic achievement and peer preference in middle school were used to predict life satisfaction five years later. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that for both genders, academic and social self-efficacy beliefs in early adolescence were better predictors of life satisfaction in late adolescence than early academic achievement and peer preference. Furthermore, change in academic and social self-efficacy beliefs significantly contributed to predict life satisfaction over the course of five years. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Multi-faceted self-efficacy beliefs as predictors of life satisfaction in late adolescence / Vecchio, Giovanni Maria; Gerbino, Maria; Pastorelli, Concetta; Giannetta Del, Bove; Caprara, Gian Vittorio. - In: PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. - ISSN 0191-8869. - STAMPA. - 43:7(2007), pp. 1807-1818. [10.1016/j.paid.2007.05.018]
Multi-faceted self-efficacy beliefs as predictors of life satisfaction in late adolescence
VECCHIO, Giovanni Maria;GERBINO, Maria;PASTORELLI, Concetta;CAPRARA, Gian Vittorio
2007
Abstract
In a longitudinal design, 650 young adolescents' multi-faceted self-efficacy beliefs (academic, social and self-regulatory), academic achievement and peer preference in middle school were used to predict life satisfaction five years later. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that for both genders, academic and social self-efficacy beliefs in early adolescence were better predictors of life satisfaction in late adolescence than early academic achievement and peer preference. Furthermore, change in academic and social self-efficacy beliefs significantly contributed to predict life satisfaction over the course of five years. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.