PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF SELF-EFFICIENCY OF YOUNG PEOPLE

Abstract

The article actualizes the problem of determining the self-efficacy of adolescents. The purpose of the study is to theoretically substantiate and empirically investigate the psychological features of the self-efficacy of adolescents. The following methods were applied for the purpose disclosure: 1) theoretical (analysis, synthesis and generalization of psychological literature on the studied problem, systematization, explanation, modeling); 2) empirical (observation, experiment, testing – self-efficacy questionnaire by R. Schwarzer, M. Jerusalem; questionnaire to determine the overall, social and substantive self-efficacy of M. Scheer, J. Maddux; questionnaire to determine satisfaction with one’s own functioning in different spheres I. Color; self-esteem questionnaire V. Stolin, S. Pantileev; questionnaire of subjective localization of J. Rotter control; questionnaire of motivation of achievement of A. Rean; test of sense-life orientations of D. Leontiev); 3) methods of processing empirical data (quantitative, qualitative, comparative analysis). An empirical study revealed the relationship between individual psychological factors and the level of self-efficacy of young people. The self-efficacy of adolescents is a systemic quality that is determined by individual psychological factors, namely: the state of satisfaction with one’s own functioning in different spheres of life, components of self-control, locus of control, features of motivation to achieve and meaningful life orientations.