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Self‐efficacy, interpersonal competence, and social desirability in homeless people
Author(s) -
Guarnaccia Vincent,
Henderson John J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(199310)21:4<335::aid-jcop2290210409>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , interpersonal communication , competence (human resources) , social competence , social skills , big five personality traits , interpersonal relationship , self efficacy , clinical psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , social change , economics , economic growth
One hundred eighty adult homeless men and women who were housed in a temporary shelter were administered measures of self‐efficacy, interpersonal competence, and social desirability. The goals were to obtain descriptive personality data for this growing subpopulation and to determine whether personality variables were related to selected demographic variables. The findings showed that this sample of homeless people regarded themselves as generally quite capable of meeting life's demands and as possessing considerable social competence. Unexpectedly, age and length of time spent homeless were not found to be related to self‐efficacy, interpersonal competence, or current time spent unemployed.