Autoeficacia y sentido de obligación.

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to determine the influence of self-efficacy in the sense of obligation of Street children and adolescents. For this reason, 32 male and female individuals between 11 and 17 years of age belonging to the “Acogimiento residencial or internado PARD” of ONG crecer en familia, from the city of cucuta participated in the research. Initially the characterization form was applied to obtain general data, similarly, application of occupational self-assessment (OSA) and occupational self-assessment for children (COSA), in two different sessions was performed observation by gender in the execution of daily activities to determine the values of the volitive questionnaire (VQ). The results indicate that there are major problems in most of the population to perform social activities, including expressing themselves with others (80%), thinking about how to do things when I have problems (70.59%), and dubious behavior to indicate objectives (56.25%). This leads us to conclude that the population fails to recognize their abilities, which prevents them from properly performing meaningful activities according to what they think is important, identifying the influence of self-efficacy on the sense of obligation.