The moderating role of perceived self-efficacy on the relationship of intolerance of uncertainty, pessimistic prediction certainty, and depressive symptoms

• Main Author: Santos, Jan Marie E.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Self-efficacy; Pessimism; Uncertainty
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/5563
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study aimed to examine whether pessimistic prediction certainty explains the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and depressive symptoms among emerging adult university students, and whether perceived self-efficacy would play a moderating role on the said relationship. Data was gathered from 318 students and analyzed through Hayes' Process analysis for moderated mediation. Results suggest that IU significantly predicts depressive symptoms mediated by pessimistic prediction certainty. However, when high perceived self-efficacy was analyzed as a moderator, the indirect effect of IU on depressive symptoms was no longer significant. It particularly suggests that a high level of perceived self-efficacy played a buffering role on the relationship of IU-depressive symptoms, with pessimistic prediction certainty as a mediator, which implies that the belief system of a person towards the self plays an important role in dealing with uncertainty.