Determining the relationships between adolescent subjective well-being, self-efficacy, social acceptancelevel, and irrational beliefs in adolescents

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Objectives: The research aims to examine the relationships between irrational thinking and subjective well-being, self-efficacy, and social acceptance of adolescents with disabilities. The study was designed as a descriptive and cor-relational study.Methods: he research was conducted between October 25, 2017, and January 17, 2018, with 212 students. Data were collected using the “Adolescent Irrational Belief Scale”, “Adolescent Subjective Well-being Scale”, “General Self-Efficacy Scale”, and “Social Acceptance Scale”. The Spearman correlation coefficient was used in statistical analysis to determine the relationships and correlations.Results: The level of irrational beliefs in adolescents revealed that there was a negative linear correlation between the subjective well-being level (r=-0.265), self-efficacy level (r=-0.265), and social acceptance of disability level (r=-0.162). Thus, the irrational belief levels of adolescents increased with decreasing levels of subjective well-being, self-efficacy, and social acceptance of disabled people. The results obtained from the social acceptance scale revealed that there was also a positive correlation between the subjective well-being (r=0.205) and self-efficacy (r=0.260) levels of adolescents. Conclusion: Positive relationships between adolescents’ self-efficacy, subjective well-being, and social acceptance were determined in the study, while they had a negative relationship with irrational beliefs. The findings suggested that adolescents develop rational thinking skills that include philosophical items.