title: Youth self-efficacy domains as predictors of change in routine community mental health services.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined how youth self-efficacy in four domains--Social, Academic Diligence, Academic Proficiency, and Behavioral Regulation--was associated with youth symptoms and psychotherapy outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 104 youth (aged 12-17, mean age 14.6) and their parents/guardians. Youth completed a measure of perceived self-efficacy and the Youth Outcome Questionnaire-Self-Report (YOQ-SR) regularly over the course of treatment; parents/guardians also completed the Youth Outcome Questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although none of the self-efficacy domains significantly predicted changes in parent reports of symptoms, individual growth curve models indicated that increases in three of the four self-efficacy domains (Social, Academic Diligence, and Behavioral Regulation) over the course of treatment were associated with concurrent improvements in youth-reported symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest that youth self-efficacy warrants further study in relation to change processes in youth mental health services.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Brigham Young University , Provo , Utah , USA.
authors.forename: Jared S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: Benjamin C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Salazar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011379:Prognosis; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D020377:Self Efficacy
keywords: child psychotherapy; mental health services research; outcome research; process research