Development of Junior High School Students' and Senior High School Students' Self-Efficacy for Social Interaction with Infants

Accession number;03A0285152
Title;Development of Junior High School Students' and Senior High School Students' Self-Efficacy for Social Interaction with Infants
Author; ITO YOKO (Chiba Univ., Fac. Education, JPN)
Journal Title;Journal of Home Economics of Japan
Journal Code:F0763A
ISSN:0913-5227
VOL.54;NO.4;PAGE.245-255(2003)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.1, TBL.10, REF.13
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;The purpose of this research was to investigate the development of junior high school and senior high school students' Self-Efficacy (SE) for Social Interaction with Infants and the relation between that and their SE for Interaction with Peers. Two scales, SE for Social Interaction Scale with Infants and SE for Interaction with Peers were developed and administered to 659 junior high school studcnts-333 boys and 326 girls, 774 senior high school students-383 boys and 391 girls. By factor analysis, it was found that SE for Social Interaction Scale with Infants had one-factor structure, while SE for Interaction with Peers was divided into two subscales. By examining students' development processes of SE for Social Interaction with Infants from the point of view in age and sex, and the relation of SE for Interaction with Peers, the results were as follows: 1) Boys' SE for Social Interaction with Infants was lower than girls'. 2) SE for Social Interaction with Infants was related to 'sympathetic factor' of their SE for Social Interaction with Peers. (author abst.)
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