LEVEL OF COPING SELF EFFICACY AMONG YOUTH IN FISHERMEN COMMUNITY, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT, KERALA

Abstract

   The ultimate development of every community is confided on the bright future of the youth. The development of youth is closely associated on the proper care and attention which they are getting from the state, society and community. The youth in fishermen community are facing lot of psycho-social problems and challenges and it also affects their physical and mental well being. The level of coping self efficacy among the youth in this community is very low. The same findings reported by Frank Elgar in his study conducted on 2013 among the resilience and strategy of self efficacy among youth in fishermen community. Coping of stress in life is very much important for the overall mental wellbeing and development.  Self-efficacy denotes people's beliefs about their ability to perform in different situations. It functions as a multilevel and multifaceted set of beliefs that influences how people feel, think, motivate themselves, and behave during various tasks. Self efficacy of youth is closely associated with the cognitive, motivational, affective, and selection processes to generate actual performance and personal experiences. Between18 to 29 years old youth in fishermen community are facing lot of psycho-social problems and challenges. The character of a person is moulded in this period only. In this study the researcher adopted quantitative research design which is descriptive in nature. 40 samples were selected through simple random sampling method from the population. Coping Self Efficacy Scale (CSES) developed by Chesney et al. (2006), was used. The paper will conclude with strategies to enhance self-efficacy among the youth.