Moderation Analysis: Gender on the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Personality Traits as a Predictor of Personal Identity
Keywords:
Moderation Analysis; Personal Identity; Personality Traits; Self-Efficacy; Adolescents
Abstract
It has been examined throughout the present research that there is a significant moderation relationship between self-efficacy and the role of dimensions of personality traits as a predictor of personal identity in the presence of the variable gender difference. This was taken as a moderator variable. Moderation analysis techniques were used to determine the referent impact of gender difference on the relationship between self-efficacy and dimensions of personality traits. Participants were four hundred adolescents were taken to complete the study. The findings can be inferred that gender was significantly moderates the relationship between self-efficacy and dimensions of personality traits as a predictor of personal identity.
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Marcia, J. E. (2002). Identity and psychosocial development in adulthood. Identity: An international journal of theory and research, 2(1), 7-28.
Markus, H., & Nurius, P. (1986). Possible selves. American psychologist, 41(9), 954.
McClelland, D. (1955). Personality. New York Holt: Rinehart and Winston.
Mendenhall, W., & Ramey, I. M. (1973). Statistics for Psychology.
Multon, K. D., Brown, S. D., & Lent, R. W. (1991). Relation of self-efficacy beliefs to academic outcomes: A meta-analytic investigation. Journal of counseling psychology, 38(1), 30.
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Pal, S. K. (1968). Personality needs of engineering, law, medical and teacher training students in an Indian situation. Journal Social Psychology, 74, 135.
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Southern, M.L., Walter, T. (1968). Personality characteristics of very bright adults. Journal of Social Psychology, 75, 119-126.
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2024-03-01
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Fatma, H. (2024). Moderation Analysis: Gender on the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Personality Traits as a Predictor of Personal Identity. International Journal of Social Science Research and Review, 7(3), 28-38. https://doi.org/10.47814/ijssrr.v7i3.1994
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