Correlations Between Personality, Affective and Filial Self-Efficacy Beliefs, and Psychological Well-Being in a Sample of Italian Adolescents. Issue 1 (February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tommasi, Marco; Grassi, Paola; Balsamo, Michela; Picconi, Laura; Furnham, Adrian; Saggino, Aristide
• Is Part Of: Psychological reports. Volume 121:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 59
• Page End: 78
• Publication Date: 2018-02
• Subjects: Self-efficacy beliefs -- adolescence -- personality traits -- psychological well-being -- multiple indicators and multiple causes models; Psychology -- Periodicals; Psychiatry; Psychology; Psychologie -- Périodiques; Psychology; 150.5
• DOI: 10.1177/0033294117720698
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0033-2941

Abstract

Adolescence is a critical period for the emergence of a balanced personality in adults. Extraversion, neuroticism, and affective self-efficacy beliefs in emotion regulation showed to be good predictors of psychological well-being in adolescents. We analyzed the association between affective self-efficacy beliefs, personality traits, and psychological well-being of 179 Italian adolescents. We also analyzed the connection between adolescents' filial self-efficacy beliefs and psychological well-being and possible moderating effects of self-efficacy beliefs on personality traits. Results show that extraversion, neuroticism, and self-efficacy beliefs in emotion regulation are correlated with psychological well-being, while filial self-efficacy does not. Self-efficacy beliefs do not show significant moderating effects on personality traits, even if self-efficacy beliefs in expressing positive emotions reduce negative characteristics of individuals with high level of psychoticism.