Toward the Development of a Measure of Perceived Self-Efficacy in Children

Cowen, Emory L.; Work, William; Hightower, A. Dirk; Wyman, Peter A.; Parker, Gayle R.; Lotyczewski, Bohdan S.

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Section: Experience Of Nles and Ce As Mediators Of Parenting-and Tempmentioning

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“…CE includes the beliefs that one has dealt well with the stressors in the past and can deal effectively with the stressors in the future (Sandler et al, 2000). Consistent with the hypothesis that higher CE reduces one's negative emotional and behavioral reactions to negative events, CE has been negatively related to youths' behavior problems in U.S. samples (e.g., Cowen, Work, Hightower, & Wyman, 1991;Sandler et al, 2000).Considering the importance of NLEs and CE in children's adjustment, it is interesting to examine their relations to parenting and temperament. We hypothesized that prior parenting and temperament (distal risk/asset factors) may affect children's subsequent NLEs and CE (proximal risk/asset factors), which in turn relate to externalizing ( Figure 2).…”

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Relations of Parenting and Temperament to Chinese Children’s Experience of Negative Life Events, Coping Efficacy, and Externalizing Problems

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The relations of parenting and temperament (effortful control and anger/frustration) to children's externalizing problems were examined in a 3.8-year longitudinal study of 425 native Chinese children (6 -9 years) from Beijing. Children's experience of negative life events and coping efficacy were examined as mediators in the parenting and temperament-externalizing relations. Parents reported on their own parenting. Parents and teachers rated temperament. Children reported on negative life events and coping efficacy. Parents, teachers, children, or peers rated children's externalizing problems. Authoritative and authoritarian parenting and anger/frustration uniquely predicted externalizing problems. The relation between authoritarian parenting and externalizing was mediated by children's coping efficacy and negative school events. The results suggest there is some crosscultural universality in the developmental pathways for externalizing problems.The development of externalizing problems (i.e., aggression and rule-breaking/delinquent behaviors; Achenbach, 2001) has been related to both parenting and child temperament (Dodge, Coie, & Lynam, 2006). Due to the frequent covariation between parenting and temperament (Sanson & Rothbart, 1995), it is important to study their unique relations to externalizing problems. Moreover, relatively little is known regarding the processes underlying the relations of parenting and temperament to externalizing problems. We addressed these questions by examining the prospective and unique relations of authoritative and authoritarian parenting and temperamental effortful control and anger/frustration to school-age children's externalizing problems in urban China. We further tested whether children's experience of negative life events (NLEs) and coping efficacy (CE) partly mediated the parenting-and NIH Public Access Author ManuscriptChild Dev. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2009 October 15. Published in final edited form as:Child Dev. 2008 ; 79(3): 493-513. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01139.x. NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript temperament-externalizing relations. This study provided a unique opportunity to examine the cross-cultural generalizability of developmental theories on externalizing problems. Unique Relations of Parenting and Temperament to Chinese Children's Externalizing Problems ParentingIn their coercive social learning theory, Patterson and colleagues (Patterson, 1982;Reid, Patterson, & Snyder, 2002) hypothesized that coercive and punitive parenting plays a key role in training children's externalizing behaviors. The coercive training process often begins with the parent's aversive intrusion into the child's activities (e.g., scolding or punishing the child for an undesirable behavior), followed by the child's negative reactions (e.g., yelling and complaining) and negative reinforcement of this aversive behavior by parental withdrawal of demands. The theory was supported by longitudinal studies revealing a positive r...

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Relations of Parenting and Temperament to Chinese Children’s Experience of Negative Life Events, Coping Efficacy, and Externalizing Problems

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“…Finally, evidence from research on university students suggesting that low self-efficacy may moderate the links between dimensions of perfectionism and indices of distress and health symptoms (Martin et al 1996). The particular measure used in our study, the Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale, has been found in previous work to yield a significant negative association (r=−.32) between scores on this instrument and self-reported levels of depression and teacher-rated levels of depression for children in grades four to six (see Cowen et al 1991).…”

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“…Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale The Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale is a 19-item measure for children and adolescents (see Cowen et al 1991). Participants make five-point ratings of such statements as "How sure are you that things will work out for you when you meet a person for the first time?"…”

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Perfectionism, Type A Behavior, and Self-Efficacy in Depression and Health Symptoms among Adolescents

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The current study examined the associations among dimensions of perfectionism, Type A behavior, self-efficacy, distress, and health symptoms in high school students. A sample of 73 high school students (34 boys, 39 girls) completed measures of self-oriented perfectionism, socially prescribed perfectionism, Type A behavior, self-efficacy, depressive symptoms, and psychosomatic symptoms. Correlational analyses found that self-oriented perfectionism was marginally related to Type A behavior. Students with elevated levels of depressive symptoms were also characterized by self-oriented perfectionism, Type A behavior, low self-efficacy, and health symptoms. In addition, health symptoms were linked with low self-efficacy. Simultaneous entry of several variables into a regression analysis found that significant unique predictors of depression were low self-efficacy and elevated selforiented perfectionism. Similarly, a regression analysis found that low self-efficacy and high self-oriented perfectionism were unique predictors of health symptoms. The findings highlight the distinctions between the perfectionism and the Type A constructs, and support self-regulation models of depression and physical symptoms that include an emphasis on excessive perfectionistic standards and low self-efficacy. We discuss the need for preventive interventions designed for perfectionistic adolescents with low self-efficacy.

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“…Research with children and adolescents has linked perceiving control over a stressful situation with active coping strategies, such as planning or problem solving (e.g., Compas, Banez, Malcarne, & Worsham, 1991;Ebata & Moos, 1994;Lopez & Little, 1996). Higher coping efficacy beliefs also have been associated with lower levels of psychological disturbance in children and adolescents (Cowen et al, 1991;Thurber & Weisz, 1997).…”

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Active and Avoidant Coping and Coping Efficacy as Mediators of the Relation of Maternal Involvement to Depressive Symptoms among Urban Adolescents

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Toward the Development of a Measure of Perceived Self-Efficacy in Children

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Relations of Parenting and Temperament to Chinese Children’s Experience of Negative Life Events, Coping Efficacy, and Externalizing Problems

Relations of Parenting and Temperament to Chinese Children’s Experience of Negative Life Events, Coping Efficacy, and Externalizing Problems

Perfectionism, Type A Behavior, and Self-Efficacy in Depression and Health Symptoms among Adolescents

Active and Avoidant Coping and Coping Efficacy as Mediators of the Relation of Maternal Involvement to Depressive Symptoms among Urban Adolescents

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