Premium
The Within‐Person Effect of Psychological Distress on Social Self‐Efficacy: A Random Intercept Cross‐Lagged Panel Model
Author(s) -
Kristensen Sara Madeleine,
Danielsen Anne G.,
Jeno Lucas Matias,
Larsen Torill M. B.,
Urke Helga Bjørnøy
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12701
Subject(s) - psychology , psychological distress , distress , trait , panel analysis , self efficacy , clinical psychology , social support , developmental psychology , panel data , social psychology , anxiety , psychiatry , econometrics , computer science , economics , programming language
This study investigated the temporal relationship between social self‐efficacy and psychological distress during 3 years in middle to late adolescence. The sample comprised 1508 participants (60.7% female; baseline mean age = 16.33, SD = .62; 52.9% high perceived family wealth; 70.6% born in Norway). We used a random intercept cross‐lagged panel model to investigate the concurrent and subsequent associations between the two constructs. The results indicated (1) small to moderate and negative associations between the trait‐like components and within‐person fluctuations of social self‐efficacy and psychological distress, (2) positive and significant carry‐over stability effects on both constructs across time, and (3) that psychological distress predicted subsequent social self‐efficacy more consistently across four time points, than social self‐efficacy predicted later psychological distress.