Students’ Self-Regulation in Relation to Perceived Risk Behavior

Vol.23,No.1(2018)
Studia paedagogica

Abstract
The paper deals with the issue of students' self-regulation depending on their perceptions of risk behavior. A low level of self-regulation is often associated with risk behavior and is often investigated in environments where children are at risk. In our research, we focused on students at primary and secondary schools (N = 2,652) and investigated how self-regulation occurred in cognitive, emotional, and behavioral areas. We also examined how self-efficacy, school achievement, economic status, and perceived influence from others contributed to self-regulation. The results suggest that the level of self-regulation was lower in students with perceived risk behavior, but, at the same time, it did not differ from perceived efficacy. In both monitored groups (depending on perceived risk behavior), perceived self-efficacy influenced the degree of self-regulation. School achievement and economic status also contributed to self-regulation in pupils without perceived risk behavior. The perceived influence of friends was a strong predictor for self-regulation in pupils with perceived risk behavior.

Keywords:
self-regulation; students of primary and secondary schools; perceived risk behavior; self-efficacy
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