TY - JOUR
T1 - Reciprocal Relations Between Emotional Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Ego-Resiliency Across Time
AU - Milioni, Michela
AU - Alessandri, Guido
AU - Eisenberg, Nancy
AU - Castellani, Valeria
AU - Zuffianò, Antonio
AU - Vecchione, Michele
AU - Caprara, Gian Vittorio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2015/10/1
Y1 - 2015/10/1
N2 - The present study examined the longitudinal relations of adolescents' self-reported ego-resiliency to their emotional self-efficacy beliefs in expressing positive emotions and in managing negative emotions as they moved into early adulthood. Participants were 239 females and 211 males with a mean age of 17 years (SD=.80) at T1, 19 years (SD=.80) at T2, 21 years (SD=.82) at T3, and 25 years (SD=.80) at T4. A four-wave cross-lagged regression model and mediational analyses were used. In a panel structural equation model controlling for the stability of the constructs, reciprocal relationships across time were found between ego-resiliency and emotional self-efficacy beliefs related to the expression of positive emotions and to the management of negative emotions. Moreover, the relation between ego-resiliency assessed at T1 and T3, and ego-resiliency assessed at T2 and T4, was mediated through emotional self-efficacy beliefs (at T2 and T3, respectively), and vice versa. The posited conceptual model accounted for a significant portion of variance in ego-resiliency and has implications for understanding the development of ego-resiliency.
AB - The present study examined the longitudinal relations of adolescents' self-reported ego-resiliency to their emotional self-efficacy beliefs in expressing positive emotions and in managing negative emotions as they moved into early adulthood. Participants were 239 females and 211 males with a mean age of 17 years (SD=.80) at T1, 19 years (SD=.80) at T2, 21 years (SD=.82) at T3, and 25 years (SD=.80) at T4. A four-wave cross-lagged regression model and mediational analyses were used. In a panel structural equation model controlling for the stability of the constructs, reciprocal relationships across time were found between ego-resiliency and emotional self-efficacy beliefs related to the expression of positive emotions and to the management of negative emotions. Moreover, the relation between ego-resiliency assessed at T1 and T3, and ego-resiliency assessed at T2 and T4, was mediated through emotional self-efficacy beliefs (at T2 and T3, respectively), and vice versa. The posited conceptual model accounted for a significant portion of variance in ego-resiliency and has implications for understanding the development of ego-resiliency.
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U2 - 10.1111/jopy.12131
DO - 10.1111/jopy.12131
M3 - Article
C2 - 25204666
AN - SCOPUS:84941002258
SN - 0022-3506
VL - 83
SP - 552
EP - 563
JO - Journal of personality
JF - Journal of personality
IS - 5
ER -