Relationship among Regulatory Emotional Self-efficacy, Self-esteem and Depression: A Study Based on the Vocational School Students' Data

Based on the vocational school students' data and compared with college students', this paper explores the relationship between regulatory emotional self-efficacy and self-esteem and depression. We have the following results: 1) The aggregate score of regulatory emotional self-efficacy and the perceived self-efficacy in managing negative affect is lower than college students' and the difference is obvious. 2) Interior-group testing shows that it has obvious difference between males and females, class leaders and ordinary students, students from single-parent families and those from two-parent families. 3) There are significant correlations between regulatory emotional self-efficacy and self-esteem and depression. The reasons for these differences and correlations and what they mean to educational practice are discussed in this paper.