Self-efficacy as a mediator of the relationship between subjective well-being and general health of military cadets

The objective of this study is to investigate the role of self-efficacy beliefs as a mediator of the relationship between the subjective well-being and general health of military cadets (police and firefighters). For this study, 228 cadets participated, the majority being Military Police officer can...

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Main Authors: Luciane Albuquerque Sá de Souza (Author), Ana Raquel Rosas Torres (Author), Genário Alves Barbosa (Author), Tiago Jessé Souza de Lima (Author), Luana Elayne Cunha de Souza (Author)
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Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:The objective of this study is to investigate the role of self-efficacy beliefs as a mediator of the relationship between the subjective well-being and general health of military cadets (police and firefighters). For this study, 228 cadets participated, the majority being Military Police officer candidates (65%), male (79%), between 17 and 34 years of age (99%), and unmarried (74%). They responded to questionnaires on general health (GHQ-12), perceived general self-efficacy, to the multiple scales that cover subjective well-being, and demographic questions. Initial regression analyses indicate the predictive power of subject well-being regarding general health. Subsequently, the mediation analyses provide satisfactory evidence for the role of perceived self-efficacy as a mediator of the relationship between the subjective well-being variables and the overall health of military cadets. The implications of these results for the professional training of the cadets are discussed.
Item Description:0102-311X
10.1590/0102-311X00177513