Investigating the coorelationship between level of self-efficacy and gender
as people’s belief about their capabilities to produce designated level of performance that exercise influences over events that affect their lives (Bandura 1977). Self-efficacy plays a vital role in students’ lives and future. The reduction and improvement of self-efficacy will contribute toward...
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Contemporary Research Center Australia
2013
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/40290/1/junalself.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/40290/ http://www.ijern.com/December-2013.php |
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| Summary: | as people’s belief about their capabilities to produce designated level
of performance that exercise influences over events that affect their lives (Bandura 1977).
Self-efficacy plays a vital role in students’ lives and future. The reduction and improvement
of self-efficacy will contribute towards their achievement in life. This present study was
designed to investigate three main objectives. First, it examines the level of self-efficacy
among secondary students. Second, it explores whether there is a statistically significant
difference in the level of self-efficacy between male and female school students. Third, is
they any correlationship between self-efficacy and gender. A total of 122 students
sampled from two school in Muar participated in the survey, employing a 22-item
questionnaire measuring General Self-efficacy (GSE) and Fertment Self-efficacy Scale.
The items were pilot-tested before being administered to the respondents. The data was
analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-tests and
Pearson’s product-moment correlation tests. The result showed that the majority of students
experience a moderate level of self-efficacy. Regarding the comparison level of self-efficacy
between male and female, the findings of the current study shows that, there are significant
differences for both gender. In additions, with regards to the correlations between selfefficacy
and gender, the study revealed that there are positive correletionship. |
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