SELF-EFFICACY EXPECTATIONS AMONG TRAUMATIZED ADOLESCENTS

Bandura's Multidimensional Scales of Perceived Self-Efficacy (MSPSE) w ere administered to three matched groups of adolescents. The first gro up met diagnostic criteria for PTSD. The second had been exposed to qu alitatively and quantitatively similar stressors and did not meet crit eria for PTSD (traumatized PTSD negatives). The third group consisted of non-traumatized controls. Data analysis revealed that the adolescen ts with PTSD had appreciably lower self-efficacy ratings on eight of t he nine subtests that comprise the MSPSE. Non-significant differences were observed when the MSPSE subtest scores of the traumatized PTSD ne gatives and controls were compared.