title: Role of affective self-regulatory efficacy in diverse spheres of psychosocial functioning.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Stanford University, California 94305-2130, USA. bandura@psych.stanford.edu
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bandura
authors.forename: Gian Vittorio
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Caprara
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barbaranelli
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gerbino
authors.forename: Concetta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pastorelli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012919:Social Behavior; D012927:Social Control, Informal