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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

youth self-efficacy, youth symptoms, psychotherapy, mental health

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Psychology

Abstract

The purpose of the project was to examine youth self-efficacy as it relates to youth symptoms and treatment outcomes in a community mental health setting. From analyzing the collected data, results suggest that youth self-efficacy may act as a moderator and potential mediator in youth mental health services. Tailoring interventions to improve youth self-efficacy may yield more effective outcomes and additional research examining youth self-efficacy in the context of evidence-based treatments may be warranted. Also, these results generalize well to routine services, which are received by the majority of youth in mental health care. Self-efficacy is an important factor in the treatment process and we encourage therapists to focus on improving client’s self- efficacy so as to lower reported distress. Future research may investigate randomized controlled self-efficacy studies to determine the actual effect of this potential mediating variable.

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