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Published on: March 1, 2019
Self-efficacy, subjective well-being and positive coping in adolescents with regard to Covid-19 lockdown
Elena Cattelino1, Silvia Testa1, Emanuela Calandri2
1Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Valle d'Aosta, strada Cappuccini 2a - 11100, Aosta, Italy.
Abstract:
The study is aimed at examining the relationship between emotional and self-regulated learning self-efficacy, subjective well-being (SWB) and positive coping among adolescents and youths, during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. 485 Italian students (74% girls; mean age 19.3) filled in an online questionnaire during the lockdown period. The hypothesized model in which both the forms of self-efficacy were predictors of SWB and positive coping, and SWB partially mediated the relation between self-efficacy measures and positive coping was tested by means of Structural equation modeling. Results largely supported the hypothesized relationships and suggested paying special attention to adolescents' self-efficacy in regulating basic negative emotions, in order to promote positive coping strategies to face challenges coming from everyday life and from non-normative events.
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