HARDINESS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AS PREDICTORS OF SELF-EFFICACY IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Authors

  • Syed Messum Ali Kazmi Higher Education Department, Government of the Punjab
  • Afsheen Gul Department of Applied Psychology, Kinnaird College for Women University, Lahore  Pakistan
  • Hafsa Saeed Government College University, Lahore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v3i4.628

Abstract

The study was designed for the purpose of assessing the impact of hardiness and academic achievement on self-efficacy in university students. The study hypothesized that hardiness and academic achievement would predict self-efficacy and that there would be gender differences among these constructs. Also, the mediating role of academic achievement was hypothesized as impacting the association between hardiness and self-efficacy. The study used a correlational research design. Purposive sampling technique was used for selecting 500 participants including 250 males and 250 females in the age range of 18 to 28. Academic motivation, academic self-efficacy and Kobasa hardiness scale were used. Data analysis was done using pearson product moment correlation, multiple regression analysis, independent sample t test and moderated mediation analysis. The results showed that hardiness was significantly and positively associated with academic achievement and its sub-dimensions and with self-efficacy. Hardiness and academic achievement significantly predicted self-efficacy. There were also significant gender differences that were identified in relevance to self-efficacy. Apart from this, age had a moderating impact in relevance to the relationship between hardiness and self-efficacy via the mediation of academic achievement.

Keywords: Hardiness, Academic Achievement, Self-Efficacy, Moderated Mediation Analysis

Author Biographies

  • Syed Messum Ali Kazmi, Higher Education Department, Government of the Punjab

    Assistant Director

     

     

     

  • Afsheen Gul, Department of Applied Psychology, Kinnaird College for Women University, Lahore  Pakistan

    Assistant Professor

  • Hafsa Saeed, Government College University, Lahore

     

     

     

Additional Files

Published

2021-12-31

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 4 (2021): Pakistan Journal of Social Research (PJSR)

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

[1]
“HARDINESS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AS PREDICTORS OF SELF-EFFICACY IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS”, Pak. J, Soc. Sci., vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 783–791, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.52567/pjsr.v3i4.628.