THE INFLUENCE OF SELF-EFFICACY ON AGGRESS ION AND DEPRESSION IN CHILDREN

The study deals with child's efficacy in A. Bandura's conception. It i s defined as a belief in own abilities in the relation to specific dom ains of life. The authors focused the investigation to child's own com petence to cope with the activities connected with the school as perce ived by a child. The relations of self-efficacy to aggression and depr ession were investigated. The research was conducted in the sample of 222 pupils of basic schools, their parents and their class teachers. T he results were analysed by the help of path-analysis. The significant relations were found among the variables mentioned which clarify the role of self-efficacy in the regulation of the children's behaviour.