Perceived Social Support and Perceived Self-efficacy During Adolescence

Abstract

This study aims to explore the relationship between perceived self-efficacy and perceived social support during adolescence. 240 teenagers, 40 boys and 200 girls, aged 15 to 20 (M=17.46, SD=1.94), participated in the research. The statistical analysis has identified statistically significant positive relations as well as significant differences between the teenagers’ perceived self-efficacy and perceived social support at the beginning of adolescence, as opposed to the end of this period. The results of the study can be used in school or family counseling, as well as in the configuration of some optimization programs of the pupil/student-teacher, pupil/student-parents relationship.