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Salud mental
versión impresa ISSN 0185-3325
Resumen
DEBORA VALENTINA, Tience; ADI NURCAHYO, Firmanto y PURI ASTITI, Dewi. Self-efficacy and well-being of youth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. Salud Ment [online]. 2023, vol.46, n.4, pp.185-192. Epub 16-Oct-2023. ISSN 0185-3325. https://doi.org/10.17711/sm.0185-3325.2023.023.
Introduction
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of young people has attracted the concerned of many parties. Self-efficacy, an individual’s belief to cope with various situations, is believed to have a relationship with individual’s psychological well-being.
Objective
To explore the relationship between self-efficacy and well-being of young people in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Method
A cross-sectional design with a convenience sample of high schools and universities students in Indonesia. The number of participants were 365 young people aged 15-23 years (M = 18.57; SD = 1.95). They were asked to complete the Self-efficacy Scale and the Flourishing Scale in the form of an online survey.
Results
There is a positive correlation between self-efficacy and well-being (r = .547, p < .01) with the contribution percentage of 33.5%. The two-way ANOVA resulted there was an effect of education level on wellbeing (F = 12.956, p < .05), while there was no gender effect on wellbeing (F = .006, p > .05).
Discussion and conclusion
The findings of this study highlighting the importance of developing self-efficacy in young people in order to promote well-being despite facing a challenging situation.
Palabras llave : Self-efficacy; well-being; youth; the COVID-19 pandemic.