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| Published: December 28, 2021
Predictive Role of Self-Efficacy and Psychological Distress of Indian Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Department of Psychology, Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, España, Manila, Philippines
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Department of Psychology, Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, España, Manila, Philippines
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DIP: 18.01.222.20210904
DOI: 10.25215/0904.222
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 safety measures imposed created psychological distress in all populations. It was the adolescents showed more signs of distress compared to any other age. This study focuses on the relation of self-efficacy and its predictive role on adolescents’ psychological distress during the pandemic. Six hundred (600) students from 10th and 12th grades of Kochi city participated in the study. Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) and General Self-efficacy Scale (GSES) used to measure variables, and the correlation research design was applied in the study. The findings revealed a negative correlation between self-efficacy and psychological distress, and regression analysis identified the predictive role of self-efficacy on adolescents’ psychological distress.
Keywords
Adolescents, COVID-19, Psychological distress, Self-efficacy
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2021, Thoundayil G. J. & Bance L. O.
Received: September 21, 2021; Revision Received: December 27, 2021; Accepted: December 28, 2021
George Joseph Thoundayil @ George.thoundayil.gs@ust.edu.ph
Article Overview
ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.222.20210904
10.25215/0904.222
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 4, October- December, 2021