ERIC Number: EJ1008785
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Mar
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-3590
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Mastery of Negative Affect: A Hierarchical Model of Emotional Self-Efficacy Beliefs
Caprara, Gian Vittorio; Di Giunta, Laura; Pastorelli, Concetta; Eisenberg, Nancy
Psychological Assessment, v25 n1 p105-116 Mar 2013
Building on previous studies that formulated measures for assessing self-efficacy beliefs regarding the management of anger/irritation and despondency/sadness, we developed 3 new scales to assess perceived self-efficacy in managing fear, shame/embarrassment, and guilt. In Study 1, the internal and construct validity of the 5 aforementioned measures were assessed in a sample of 403 Italian young adults. Study 2 was designed to examine the comparability of the aforementioned measures across Italy and the United States and involved the previous sample and a sample of 380 U.S college students. The best fitting model overall, across the sexes and across countries, had the following characteristics: (a) the 5 types of self-efficacy loaded separately on first-order factors; (b) self-efficacy in managing anger/irritation and despondency/sadness loaded on one second-order factor, and self-efficacy in managing shame/embarrassment, and guilt loaded on another; (c) self-efficacy in managing fear and the 2 second-order factors loaded on a common higher order factor. The various modes of emotional self-efficacy correlated in conceptually coherent ways to measures of emotional stability, irritability, depression, shyness, fearful affect, and need for reparation. (Contains 3 tables, 1 figure and 1 footnote.)
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Affective Behavior, Measures (Individuals), Psychological Patterns, Anxiety, Fear, Test Validity, Young Adults, College Students, Correlation, Construct Validity, Factor Analysis, Models, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Italy; United States
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