Role of Affective Self-Regulatory Efficacy in Diverse Spheres of Psychosocial Functioning

This prospective study with 464 older adolescents (14 to 19 years at Time 1; 16 to 21 years at Time 2) tested the structural paths of influence through which perceived self-efficacy for affect regulation operates in concert with perceived behavioral efficacy in governing diverse spheres of psychosoc...

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Published in:Child development 2003-05, Vol.74 (3), p.769-782
Main Authors: Bandura, Albert, Caprara, Gian Vittorio, Barbaranelli, Claudio, Gerbino, Maria, Pastorelli, Concetta
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment (to Environment)
Adolescent
Adolescent Attitudes
Adolescent Development
Adolescents
Adult
Affect
Affective responses
Antisocial Behavior
Banduras
Biological and medical sciences
Delinquency
Depression
Depression (Psychology)
Depressive disorders
Developmental psychology
Emotional Development
Emotional distress
Emotional expression
Emotional Regulation
Emotional states
Emotions
Empathy
Empirical Articles
Family studies
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human aggression
Humans
Juvenile Delinquency - statistics & numerical data
Late Adolescents
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mediating Factors
Peer Influence
Prosocial Behavior
Prospective Studies
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychosocial Adaptation
Psychosocial functioning
Regulation
Resistance to Temptation
Self Control
Self Efficacy
Self Management
Selfregulation
Sex Differences
Social Behavior
Social Control, Informal
Social psychology
Teenagers
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Summary:This prospective study with 464 older adolescents (14 to 19 years at Time 1; 16 to 21 years at Time 2) tested the structural paths of influence through which perceived self-efficacy for affect regulation operates in concert with perceived behavioral efficacy in governing diverse spheres of psychosocial functioning. Self-efficacy to regulate positive and negative affect is accompanied by high efficacy to manage one's academic development, to resist social pressures for antisocial activities, and to engage oneself with empathy in others' emotional experiences. Perceived self-efficacy for affect regulation essentially operated mediationally through the latter behavioral forms of self-efficacy rather than directly on prosocial behavior, delinquent conduct, and depression. Perceived empathic self-efficacy functioned as a generalized contributor to psychosocial functioning. It was accompanied by prosocial behavior and low involvement in delinquency but increased vulnerability to depression in adolescent females.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.1111/1467-8624.00567