The Influence of College Students' Coping Styles on Perceived Self-Efficacy in Managing Inferiority

We examined the influence of college students' coping styles on perceived self-efficacy, through the mediating effect of general self-efficacy, in managing inferiority. A sample of 206 college students completed a Coping Style Questionnaire, the Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale of Chine...

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Published in:Social behavior and personality 2014-07, Vol.42 (6), p.949-957
Main Authors: Shi, Changxiu, Zhao, Xiaojun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chinese College Students
College Students
Colleges & universities
Coping
Coping (Psychology)
Coping Style
Counseling
Defense mechanisms
Empowerment
General Self-Efficacy
Inferiority
Inferiority complex
Psychological aspects
Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy
Self-efficacy
Self-efficacy (Psychology)
Sex
Stress
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Summary:We examined the influence of college students' coping styles on perceived self-efficacy, through the mediating effect of general self-efficacy, in managing inferiority. A sample of 206 college students completed a Coping Style Questionnaire, the Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale of Chinese college students, and a general self-efficacy scale. The results showed the following: (a) there were significant correlations among the problem solving, self-blame, and fantasy coping styles, and general self-efficacy and perceived self-efficacy in managing inferiority; (b) the problem solving and self-blame coping styles indirectly predicted perceived self-efficacy in managing inferiority by general self-efficacy, and general self-efficacy played a partial mediating role between the problem solving and self-blame coping styles and perceived self-efficacy in managing inferiority; and (c) gender played a moderating role between coping style and perceived self-efficacy in managing inferiority. The results are important for counseling to enhance regulatory emotional self-efficacy.
ISSN:0301-2212
1179-6391
DOI:10.2224/sbp.2014.42.6.949