the effect of self-efficacy training on academic help-seeking and academic engagement among junior high school students in Zahedan

Document Type : Scientific Articles

Authors

1 Professor of Psychology, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

2 universtiy of sistan and baluchestan

Abstract

This quasi-experimental study aimed at examining the effect of self-efficacy training on academic help-seeking and academic engagement among junior high school students in Zahedan in the academic year 2018-2019. Given the number of people considered as the statistical population, a school was selected among all junior high schools in District 2 of Zahedan, using the purposeful sampling method. Out of all the students studying at this school, 30 students who gained low academic help-seeking and engagement scores were selected and divided into two groups, i.e., an experimental group and a control group. To collect data, the Ryan and Pintrich Academic Help-Seeking Questionnaire (1997) and the Fredricks et al. Academic Engagement Scale (2004) were applied as the pretest and completed by both experimental and control groups. Then, 8 self-efficacy training sessions were conducted for the experimental group, and a post-test was performed on both groups after holding all the sessions. Data were analyzed using the analysis of covariance via SPSS ver. 22. The results demonstrated that self-efficacy training had significant effects on academic help-seeking and academic engagement.

Keywords

References

22.Ames, R. (1983).Help- seeking and achievement orientation: Perspectives fromattribution theory. in: B. M. DePaul, A. Nadler, J. D. Fisher (Eds), Newdirections in helping, (Vol.) 2
23.Bandura A. (1977). Self-efficacy: toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychol Rev, 84 (2): 191-215.
24.Bandura, A. (1999). Social Cognitive Analysis of Substance Abuse: An Agentic Perspective, J psychol Sci; 3(10), 214-217.
25.Bandura A, Locke EA. (2003). Negative self-efficacy and goal effects revisited. J Appl Psychol; 88 (1): 87-99.
26.Fredericks, J. A. Blumenfeld, P. C. & Paris, A. H. 2004. School engagement: Potential of the concept, state of the evidence. Review of Educational Research, 74, 59– 109.
27.Karabenick, S. A. 2003. Help-seeking in large college classes: a personcentered approach. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 28: 37-58.
28.Linnenbrink, E. A. & Pintrich, P. R. (2003). Motivation as an enabler foracademic success. The School Psychology Review, 31, 313–327.
29.Martin, A. J. & Liem, G. A. D. (2010). Academic personal bests (PBs), engagement, and achievement: A cross-lagged panel analysis. Learning andIndividual Differences, 24, 265–273.
30.Nadler,A. (1997). Personality and help-seeking: Autonomous versus dependent seeking of help. In G.R. Picrce, B. Lakey, I. Sarson&
31.Newman, R.S. (2000). “Social Influences on the Development of Children's Adaptive Help-Seeking: The Role of Parents, and Peers”. Developmental Review, 20: 350-404...
32.Roussel, P., Elliot, A. J., & Feltman, R. (2013). The Influence of Achievement Goals and Social Goals on Help-seeking from Peers in an Academic Context, Learning and Instruction, 21, 394-402.
33.Ryan, A. M. & Pintrich, P. R. (1997). The role of motivation and attitudes in adolescents help seeking in math. class. Journal of Educational Psychology, 89, 329-347.
34.Ryan A.M. &P.R. Pintrich (1997). “Should I Ask for Help? The Role ofMotivation and Attitudes inAdolescents’ Help Seeking in Math Class”. Journal of Educational Psychology, 89(2):329.
35.Pajares F. (2003). Self-efficacy beliefs, motivation, and achievement in writing: A review of the literature. Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 19 (2), 39-58.
36.Persson, R. , Cleal, B. , Jakobson, M. , Villadsen, E. , & Anderson, L. (2013). The relationship between selfefficacy and help evasion. Health Educational and Behavior,10(5), 1-5.
37.Pintrich, P. R. (2003). A motivational science perspective on the role of studentmotivation in learning and teaching contexts. Journal of EducationalPsychology, 95, 667–686.
38.Wang, M. T., Holcombe, R. (2010). Adolescents' perceptions of classroom environment, school engagement, and academic achievement. American Educational Research Journal, 47(3): 633-662.
39.Wang,M,T. Chow,A. Hofkens,T. Salmela-Aro,K.(2015). The trajectories of student emotional engagement and school burn out with academic and psychological development.Findings from finning adolescents.Learning and Instruction.36,57-65.
40.Williams, J.D. &S. Takaku (2013). “Help Seeking, Self efficacy and Writing Performance among College Students”. Journal of Writing Research, 3(1): 1-18.
Journal of Educational Psychology Studies
Volume 16, Issue 36
January 2020
Pages 1-28

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics