SELF-EFFICIENCY AND ATTITUDE TO OWN GIFT AT TEENAGERS

Self-efficacy is considered in psychology as a predictor of success and high achievements. The study of self-efficacy, as well as factors related to it, self-reliance, activity and communication gifted teenagers is a relevant and underdeveloped topic. Our study involved 422 gifted adolescents aged 15-17 with mathematical, humanitarian, sports, leadership, and natural science talents. Methodological tools have been chosen methodology M. Madduks and D. Scheer in adaptation L.V. Boyarintseva and R.L. Krichevsky, and a questionnaire to study the attitude of adolescents to own giftedness. According to the results of the study, normative values for adolescence were obtained on self-efficacy scales. The factors characterizing the attitude of adolescents to giftedness were described: giftedness as a resource for achieving social success; the risk of social deprivation among peers; motivational-volitional regulation as a resource of high achievements; confidence in one's own giftedness; experience of competitions as a condition of high achievements; self-realization in a reference environment; risk of physical distress. Differences in self-efficacy were identified in adolescents with different types of giftedness. The practical significance of the results lies in the possibility of their use in the development and implementation of programs of psychological and pedagogical support of teenagers.

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Examination of Self-Efficacy, Social Support, and Stress as Predictors of Psychological and Physical Distress among Hispanic College Students

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences ◽

10.1177/07399863970192006 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 182-201 ◽

Cited By ~ 93

Author(s):

V. Scott Solberg ◽

Pete Viliarreal

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

College Students ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Hispanic College Students ◽

Physical Distress

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Comparative Analysis of Cognitive Characteristics of Young Adolescents with Artistic and Intellectual Giftedness

Psychological-Educational Studies ◽

10.17759/psyedu.2020120307 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 110-123

Author(s):

E.I. Donii ◽

N.B. Shumakova

Keyword(s):

Information Processing ◽

Processing Speed ◽

Number Sense ◽

Young Adolescents ◽

Information Processing Speed ◽

Cognitive Characteristics ◽

Different Types ◽

Intellectually Gifted ◽

Artistically Gifted ◽

Gifted Adolescents

The work is aimed at identifying specific manifestations of creativity and basic cognitive characteristics in young adolescents with artistic and intellectual giftedness. The relevance of the study is due to lack of study of the issue of cognitive manifestations of different types of giftedness in early adolescence, in which the issue of specialization of education is often resolved. The study involved 54 intellectually gifted adolescents (M = 11.4 years old) and 32 artistically gifted peers (M = 11.2 years old). The study used the following methods: a computerize d battery of test tasks for studying bas ic cognitive characteristics (“number sense”, visua l working memory and information processing speed), "Raven’s Progressive Matrixes”, “Verbally-figura l creativity test”, drawing tests of Urban and "Horizon Line ". The results confirm the hypothesis about the specificity of creativity in younger adolescents with different types of giftedness (intellectual and artistic). Intellectually gifted younger adolescents show higher rates of divergent verbal creativity compared to their artistically gifted peers; and artistically gifted younger adolescents surpass their intellectually gifted peers in terms of picturesque (figurative) creativity and are distinguished by their highquality originality, revealing a high emotional expressiveness and creative approach to the implementation of the plan. No statistically significant intergroup differences in the basic indicators of cognitive development and general intelligence were found, although artistically gifted adolescents better than their intellectually gifted peers compare asymmetrically expressed amounts (“number sense”), but they are inferior in terms of information processing speed.

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The Role of Different Types of Feedback in the Reciprocal Interaction of Teaching Performance and Self-efficacy Belief

Australian Journal of Teacher Education ◽

10.14221/ajte.2014v39n3.3 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 39 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Nalan Akkuzu

Keyword(s):

Self Efficacy ◽

Teaching Performance ◽

Reciprocal Interaction ◽

Efficacy Belief ◽

Different Types

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Longitudinal Effects of Supported Exercise on Elevated Anxiety and Depression Scores in Formerly Sedentary Adults With Severe Obesity

Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion ◽

10.1177/26320770211056858 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 263207702110568

Author(s):

James J. Annesi

Keyword(s):

Self Efficacy ◽

Behavioral Treatment ◽

Severe Obesity ◽

Cognitive Behavioral ◽

Anxiety And Depression ◽

Normative Values ◽

Cognitive Behavioral Treatment ◽

Depression And Anxiety ◽

Exercise Barriers ◽

Longitudinal Effects

Persistent anxiety and depression may be particularly high in individuals with obesity. Increasing exercise reliably improves mood in the general population; however, it has rarely been tested specifically in adults with severe obesity. Volunteer participants (60% women) of a theory-based cognitive-behavioral weight-management treatment with severe obesity and elevated (highest 10% based on normative values) depression ( N = 89) or anxiety ( N = 60) were assessed at baseline and Month 6 on measures of exercise output (overall, and whether the equivalent of three moderate sessions/week [i.e., ≥ 15 METs/week] were completed), corresponding mood, and exercise barriers self-efficacy. There were significant improvements (large effect sizes) in exercise outputs and mood. Increase in exercise outputs was significantly associated with reduced depression (β = −.52) and anxiety (β = −.67) scores. At least 15 METs/week of exercise was reached by 61% and 60% of participants, respectively. Participants demonstrated significantly greater reductions in depression and anxiety scores over 6 months than those completing lower amounts. Change in exercise barriers self-efficacy significantly mediated the following: (a) the prediction of depression change by change in exercise output and (b) the prediction of change in anxiety by completion/non-completion of ≥ 15 METs/week of exercise. Findings suggest substantial benefits for depression and anxiety in adults with severe obesity under conditions of moderate exercise supported by a community-based cognitive-behavioral treatment. Because of its identified mediation properties, future behavioral treatments should seek to increase barriers self-efficacy to maximize effects on elevated depression and anxiety and possibly weight.

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Early Postpartum Breast-Feeding Outcomes and Breast-Feeding Self-Efficacy in Turkish Mothers Undergoing Vaginal Birth or Cesarean Birth With Different Types of Anesthesia

International Journal of Nursing Knowledge ◽

10.1111/2047-3095.12037 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 73-79 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Merlinda Alus Tokat ◽

Pinar Serçekuş ◽

Kerziban Yenal ◽

Hülya Okumuş

Keyword(s):

Breast Feeding ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Vaginal Birth ◽

Cesarean Birth ◽

Early Postpartum ◽

Different Types ◽

Turkish Mothers

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Individual Orientations and Career Satisfaction

Journal of Career Development ◽

10.1177/0894845317706759 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 45 (5) ◽

pp. 425-439 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Hang-Yue Ngo ◽

Li Hui

Keyword(s):

Work Engagement ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Social Cognitive ◽

Cognitive Theory ◽

Career Satisfaction ◽

Self Determination Theory ◽

Career Orientation ◽

Protean Career ◽

Different Types ◽

Employment Commitment

This study examines the relationships between two different types of individual orientation (i.e., protean career orientation and employment commitment) and career satisfaction. Drawing on self-determination theory and social cognitive theory, we propose that work engagement and self-efficacy act as mediators in the above relationships. Several hypotheses are developed and tested with a sample of 222 employees in Hong Kong. The results of path analysis and bootstrapping indicated that both protean career orientation and employment commitment are positively related to career satisfaction, and these relationships are fully mediated by work engagement and self-efficacy.

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Gifted students’ readiness for college

Gifted Education International ◽

10.1177/0261429413486573 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 212-227 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Maria P Gomez-Arizaga ◽

Leonor Conejeros-Solar

Keyword(s):

Academic Support ◽

Gifted Students ◽

Transition To College ◽

Male And Female ◽

University Admission ◽

Different Types ◽

Voucher Schools ◽

Admission Test ◽

Gifted Youth ◽

Gifted Adolescents

Gifted students’ performance on a Chilean university admission test, Prueba de Selección Universitaria (PSU), was investigated in this study. Sixty-six students participating in an enrichment-based university program for gifted youth were selected. The sample included both male and female gifted adolescents who studied in public and voucher (charter) high schools. The purpose was to investigate which combination of factors was the best predictor of students’ scores and the differences between male and female students’ performance. Only intelligence, as measured by the Raven Standard Progressive Matrices test, correlated with the scores on the PSU. Males from voucher schools outperformed females on the PSU. Providing academic support and adequate preparation has been discussed as an important element for college readiness, successful transition to college, and to diminish the existing performance gap between students from different types of schools in Chile.

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