Longitudinal Impact of Perceived Self-Regulatory Efficacy on Violent Conduct

By G. Caprara, Camillo Regalia, A. Bandura. 2002

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The present study examined the longitudinal impact of perceived self-regulatory efficacy and parental communication on violent conduct. Adolescents' perceived efficacy to resist peer pressure for transgressive activities counteracted engagement in violent conduct both directly and by fostering open communication with parents. Parental communication was linked to violent conduct concurrently but not longitudinally. There were gender differences in level of engagement in violent activities, but the causal structures were the same. Perceived self-regulatory efficacy contributed to violent conduct both concurrently and longitudinally after controlling for prior level of violent conduct and openness of parental communication.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Safety Research, Social Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

1. G. Caprara
2. A. Bandura
3. Claudio Barbaranelli
4. E. Scabini
5. Concetta Pastorelli
6. Camillo Regalia
7. Maria Gerbino
8. Robert M. Klassen

In Safety Research

1. A. Bandura
2. G. Caprara
3. Claudio Barbaranelli
4. Camillo Regalia
5. Concetta Pastorelli
6. E. Scabini
7. Giovanni Vecchio
8. Roberta Fida

In Social Psychology

1. A. Bandura
2. G. Caprara
3. Claudio Barbaranelli
4. E. Scabini
5. Camillo Regalia
6. Concetta Pastorelli
7. Maria Gerbino
8. Carlo Tramontano

Citations in the corpus

• Understanding the Interplay Among Regulatory Self-Efficacy, Moral Disengagement, and Academic Cheating Behaviour During Vocational Education: A Three-Wave Study (2018, background): “The protective role of this cognitive dimension in preventing and hindering transgressive behaviour has been empirically attested (e.g., Bandura et al. 1996, 2001; Caprara et al. 2002; Cattelino et al. 2014; d’Arripe-Longueville et al. 2010; Newton et al. 2012).”
• Adolescent Development from an Agentic Perspective (2003, background): “Adolescents' perceived efficacy to resist peer pressure to engage in troublesome activities counteracts involvement in delinquent conduct and substance abuse (Caprara et al., 1998, 2002).”
• Impact of Adolescents' Filial Self‐Efficacy on Quality of Family Functioning and Satisfaction (2005, unknown): “The primacy of adolescents’ sense of personal efficacy has also been demonstrated in other research concerning other forms of perceived selfefficacy and different developmental outcomes (Caprara et al., 2002).”
• Impact of Family Efficacy Beliefs on Quality of Family Functioning and Satisfaction with Family Life (2011, methodology): “relations have been verified longitudinally (Caprara, Scabini, Barbaranelli, Pastorelli, Regalia, & Bandura, 1998; Caprara et al., 2002).”
• Role of affective self-regulatory efficacy in diverse spheres of psychosocial functioning. (2003, background): “When examined within the context of familial relationships, perceived self-regulatory efficacy deters involvement in delinquent activities after controlling for both prior delinquent conduct and quality of parental communication (Caprara et al., 2002).”
• Multi-faceted self-efficacy beliefs as predictors of life satisfaction in late adolescence (2007, background): “While the factor structure of perceived self-efficacy scales has been replicated cross-nationally, predictive validity has been verified in prior studies both cross-sectionally and prospectively (Bandura et al., 2001; Caprara et al., 2002; Pastorelli et al., 2001).”