title: Self-efficacy as a mediator of the relationship between subjective well-being and general health of military cadets.
abstract: The objective of this study is to investigate the role of self-efficacy beliefs as a mediator of the relationship between the subjective well-being and general health of military cadets (police and firefighters). For this study, 228 cadets participated, the majority being Military Police officer candidates (65%), male (79%), between 17 and 34 years of age (99%), and unmarried (74%). They responded to questionnaires on general health (GHQ-12), perceived general self-efficacy, to the multiple scales that cover subjective well-being, and demographic questions. Initial regression analyses indicate the predictive power of subject well-being regarding general health. Subsequently, the mediation analyses provide satisfactory evidence for the role of perceived self-efficacy as a mediator of the relationship between the subjective well-being variables and the overall health of military cadets. The implications of these results for the professional training of the cadets are discussed.
authors.forename: Luciane Albuquerque Sá de
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Ana Raquel Rosas
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Genário Alves
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Tiago Jessé Souza de
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Luana Elayne Cunha de
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Souza