SELF-EFFICIENCY AND ATTITUDE TO OWN GIFT AT TEENAGERS

Abstract

Self-efficacy is considered in psychology as a predictor of success and high achievements. The study of self-efficacy, as well as factors related to it, self-reliance, activity and communication gifted teenagers is a relevant and underdeveloped topic. Our study involved 422 gifted adolescents aged 15-17 with mathematical, humanitarian, sports, leadership, and natural science talents. Methodological tools have been chosen methodology M. Madduks and D. Scheer in adaptation L.V. Boyarintseva and R.L. Krichevsky, and a questionnaire to study the attitude of adolescents to own giftedness. According to the results of the study, normative values for adolescence were obtained on self-efficacy scales. The factors characterizing the attitude of adolescents to giftedness were described: giftedness as a resource for achieving social success; the risk of social deprivation among peers; motivational-volitional regulation as a resource of high achievements; confidence in one's own giftedness; experience of competitions as a condition of high achievements; self-realization in a reference environment; risk of physical distress. Differences in self-efficacy were identified in adolescents with different types of giftedness. The practical significance of the results lies in the possibility of their use in the development and implementation of programs of psychological and pedagogical support of teenagers.