Self-efficacy beliefs of university students: an empirical study on the specificity of the construct

Authors

  • Ángeles Blanco Blanco Universidad Complutense de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/relieve.16.1.4149

Keywords:

Self-efficacy, Academic self-efficacy, Statistics selfefficacy, Attitudes towards statistics, Principal Components Analysis, Confirmatory factorial analysis

Abstract

This study tested two propositions of the Social Cognitive Theory in an academic setting: a) Self-efficacy is a domain- specific competence belief; b) Domain-specific selfefficacy is related, but distinct from, other self-evaluation constructs. Participants (272 Spanish university students) completed measures of general self-efficacy, academic self-efficacy, statistics self-efficacy and attitudes towards statistics (cognitive and affective components). Principal Components Analyses and Confirmatory Factorial Analyses were performed, among other procedures. Taken as a whole, results support the propositions tested.

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2010)

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Research Articles

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