Relationships between Resilience, Self-Efficacy, and Thinking Styles in Italian Middle Adolescents

The relationships between resilience and self-efficacy, resilience and thinking styles, and self-efficacy and thinking styles were examined in 130 Italian middle adolescents. We applied the Generalized Self-efficacy Scale (Sibilia et al., 1995), the Scholastic Self-efficacy Scale (Pastorelli et al.,...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Procedia, social and behavioral sciences social and behavioral sciences, 2013-10, Vol.92, p.838-845
Main Authors: Sagone, Elisabetta, Caroli, Maria Elvira De
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Resilience
self-efficacy
thinking styles
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The relationships between resilience and self-efficacy, resilience and thinking styles, and self-efficacy and thinking styles were examined in 130 Italian middle adolescents. We applied the Generalized Self-efficacy Scale (Sibilia et al., 1995), the Scholastic Self-efficacy Scale (Pastorelli et al., 1998), the Resilience Scale (Wagnild & Young, 1993), and the Thinking Style Inventory (Sternberg & Wagner, 1992). Results showed that the more the adolescents experienced high levels of resilience, the more they felt themselves able to cope with novelty in various domains of life, especially in scholastic context, and the more they tended to use almost all thinking styles. Significant correlations were noted between generalized and scholastic self-efficacy and thinking styles: the more the adolescents perceived themselves able to cope with stressful events, also at school, the more they adopted almost all thinking styles. Future research could deepen the relationships between sense of coherence, subjective well-being, and thinking styles.
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.763