Autoefficacia, relazioni familiari, ego-resiliency e depressione in adolescenza

The aim of the present study is to further explore the role of adolescent filial efficacy in the transition from adolescence to adulthood. In particular we want to examine the role of filial efficacy on the development of depression. This study is a part of a longitudinal study conducted by the Interuniversity Center for the Study of Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior (Rome, Italy) with the aim of better understand personal, interpersonal and social determinant of adjustment and maladjustment from infancy to adolescence and adulthood. The study has been conducted with 380 adolescents, at mean age of 15, at the time of the first measurement. The theoretical model hypothesis was that adolescent's perceived self-efficacy to manage parental relationships affects depression both directly and by its impact on quality of family management practices and ego-resiliency. Results showed that perceived filial self-efficacy is linked directly and mediationally to the development of adolescent depression. Results also show important gender differences in the pattern of relations among the examined variables.