Since self-efficacy was suggested by Bandura(1977) as the most important factor that affects human behavior, preceding studies about self-efficacy are frequantly related with children and it is main stream that only personal factors are chosen as rela...
Since self-efficacy was suggested by Bandura(1977) as the most important factor that affects human behavior, preceding studies about self-efficacy are frequantly related with children and it is main stream that only personal factors are chosen as related factor of these studies. Considering we don't have enough studies about family factors that reflect qualitative and relational factors of adolescents' home background this study is aimed to seize actual ceondition of self-efficacy meaning perceived and emotional faith about their own ability.
These are our major concerns:
1. What kind of tendency does self-efficacy and apperance stress of adolescents, family functioning show?
2. How strong is mutual influencing power between personal factor and family factor on self-efficacy of adolescents?
This study was operated on July and Augest, 2002, aimed 378 middleschool and highschool students in Cheon-Nam, Mokpo area. 378 question sheets was used for analysis.
Followings are results of this study.
First, aimed students' average mark of self-efficacy was 2.09. it's normal level. And in low-ranked part self-control-efficacy was highest and confidence task difficulty perference are following. Furthermore, whole self-efficacy showed few difference from population factor of adolescents. But in low-ranked part confidence and self-efficacy showed somewhat difference. As students grow up, confidence got decrease and male students showed higher self-control-efficacy than female students.
Second, apperance stress and family functioning degree have deep relation with self-efficacy. Appearance stress is personal factor of adolescents' self-efficacy and family functioning degree belongs to family factor. Family functioning the first factor has important interrelation not only whole self-efficacy but in low-ranked part of self-efficacy. In low-ranked part, self-control-efficacy and task difficuity preference got higher level as increasing family functioning degree.
Seeing these results of this study we can find that apperance stress is actual factor that affects self-efficacy to adolescents and their self-efficacy is deeply related with family functioning degree. Accordingly, affirmative emotion in family, harmonic communication in family members and sharing housekeeping works have immediate influence on elevation of self-efficacy.