Not exact matches
Since low
levels of self - efficacy were associated with higher
levels of depressive
symptoms in previous studies, the current study investigated the bidirectional and
prospective associations between depressive
symptoms and academic, social and emotional self - efficacy from early to mid adolescence in a cross-lagged path model.
To our knowledge, only one study examined the
prospective association of depressive
symptoms on self - efficacy
levels in adolescence.
Specifically, peer rejection was a significant
prospective predictor of depressive
symptoms when combined with high
levels of importance ascribed to peer status and high
levels of adolescents» depressogenic attributional styles.