Journal
JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES
Volume 20, Issue 3, Pages 707-727Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-018-9972-4
Keywords
Academic success; Meditation; Self-efficacy; Positivity; In-role behaviour; Extra-role behaviour
Funding
- Sapienza University of Rome [C26A15ZEAB]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Positivity is an evaluative disposition capturing what self-esteem, life satisfaction and optimism have in common. Self-efficacy refers to specific beliefs aimed at exercising control over the events through self-regulation. This paper examines in two studies whether the effect of positivity on performance is mediated by self-efficacy beliefs. The first examines the role of task and empathic self-efficacy in mediating the relationship of positivity with respect to in-role and extra-role behaviours in a sample of 829 Italian adult employees. The second examines the role of academic self-efficacy in mediating the relationship of positivity with respect to academic grades and academic citizenship behaviour on a sample of 223 Italian university students. Structural Equation Models results revealed that: (1) the relationship between positivity and both in-role and extra-role behaviours was substantially mediated by self-efficacy beliefs; (2) the relationship between positivity and both school grades and citizenship behaviours was completely mediated by self-efficacy beliefs.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available