Changes in Psychological Distress among East German Adolescents Facing German Unification the Role of Commitment to the Old System and of Self-Efficacy Beliefs  

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Silbereisen, Rainer K. ; Pinquart, Martin ; Juang, Linda P.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Youth & Society vol. 36 no. 1 (Sep. 2004), page 77-101.
Topik: social change; coping; self-efficacy beliefs
Fulltext: 77YAS361.pdf (128.08KB)

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Abrupt social change, such as the breakdown of a political system of the former communist states, presents a major adaptive challenge to the individual. The authors analyzed whether commitment to the old political system and high self-efficacy beliefs measured before German unification would predict change in psychological distress in East German adolescents in the first 2 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Adolescents who were highly committed to the old East German political system showed a stronger increase in distress after unification, however only if they had low preunification self-efficacy beliefs. In adolescents with average and high levels of preunification self-efficacy, previous identification with the East German system was not related to change in psychological distress. In addition, higher self-efficacy predicted a decrease in psychological distress over time.

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