Self-efficacy, subjective well-being and positive coping in adolescents with regard to Covid-19 lockdown

Elena Cattelino; Silvia Testa; Emanuela Calandri; Angela Fedi; Silvia Gattino; Federica Graziano; Chiara Rollero; Tatiana Begotti

doi:10.1007/s12144-021-01965-4

Self-efficacy, subjective well-being and positive coping in adolescents with regard to Covid-19 lockdown

Curr Psychol. 2021 Jun 20:1-12. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01965-4. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Elena Cattelino¹, Silvia Testa¹, Emanuela Calandri², Angela Fedi², Silvia Gattino², Federica Graziano², Chiara Rollero², Tatiana Begotti²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Valle d'Aosta, strada Cappuccini 2a - 11100, Aosta, Italy.
² Department of Psychology, University of Torino, via Verdi 10 - 10124, Torino, 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.

Keywords: Adolescence; Affective self-efficacy; COVID-19; Positive coping; Self-regulated learning self-efficacy; Subjective well-being.