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Looking for adolescents' well-being: self-efficacy beliefs as determinants of positive thinking and happiness
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SUMMARY: Aims– The present study is part of a longitudinal project aimed at identifying the personal characteristics and the developmental pathways conducive to successful adaptation from childhood to adulthood. The study examined the concurrent and longitudinal impact of self-efficacy beliefs on subjective well-being in adolescence, namely positive thinking and happiness. Positive thinking has been operationalized as the latent dimension underlying life satisfaction, self-esteem and optimism. Happiness has been operationalized as the difference between positive and negative affects, as they are experienced in a variety of daily situations.Methods– In a group of 664 Italian adolescents, a structural model positing adolescents' emotional and interpersonal self-efficacy beliefs as proximal and distal determinants of positive thinking and happiness has been tested.Results– Findings attest to the impact of affective and interpersonal-social self-efficacy beliefs on positive thinking and happiness both concurrently and longitudinally.Conclusions– Adolescents' self-efficacy beliefs to manage positive and negative emotions and interpersonal relationships contribute to promote positive expectations about the future, to mantain a high self-concept, to perceive a sense of satisfaction for the life and to experience more positive emotions. Declaration of Interest: none.
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- Caprara, G. V., Steca, P., Gerbino, M., Paciello, M., & Vecchio, G. M.
- Venue
- Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2006-03
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 30-43
- ISSN
- 1121-189X (ISSN-L)
- 2038-1816
- OpenAlex
- W2117265621
- Cited by
- 306
- References
- 137
- FWCI
- 5.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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