Self-efficacy differences between perpetrators and victims
Institution: | Humboldt State University |
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Year: | 2014 |
Keywords: | Self-efficacy; Bullying; Children???s development |
Record ID: | 2042863 |
Full text PDF: | http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/124694 |
Self-efficacy has been shown through literature, to affect motivation, decision-making, and life choices in children, (Bandura, 1994; Feltz, 2011). This study explored the differences between academic, social, emotional, and physical activity self-efficacy between perpetrator and victim groups in middle school students. After informed consent was obtained, middle students (N=72) completed self-efficacy and bullying questionnaires at the end of the 2013-14 school year. Results indicated there were no significant (p > .05) differences between perpetrator and victim groups and self-efficacy scores. Further study on the complex social, cognitive, and environmental factors that play formative roles in children???s development are needed to explain the lack of findings.