The Relationship of Epistemic Trust, Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem among Young Adults
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A crucial part of the formation of self-image is the ability ofepistemic trust, through which we believe that the information provided to and about us is true and the people providing the information are credible and reliable. In our study, we examine the relationship between epistemic trust, self-efficacy and resilience among young adults. The study involved 627 young adults, 180 men (29%) and 447 women (71%). The mean age of the sample was 23.75 years (SD=3.42). The participants filled out the Hungarian versions of the following queistonnaires: the Epistemic Trust, Mistrust and Credulty Questionnaire (ETMCQ), the Rosenberg Self-Evaluation Scale (RSES-H) and General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES). Our correlational analysis found no relationship between epistemic trust and self-efficacy or self-esteem, but epistemic credulity had a medium-strength negative correlation with both variables, while for epistemic vigilance we found a significant correlation with self-evaluation. Our regression analysis showed that epistemic credulity had almost the same effect on self-esteem in the group of working young people as in the group of young people who are only concerned with their studies, while those who work while studying are more exposed to the negative effects of epistemic distrust. The significance of our research lies in its pioneering approach, as there are few studies that examine epistemic uncertainty in healthy populations. Our results suggest that these characteristics are not only present in patients with mental disorders, but that the theory can also be generalized to healthy populations.
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