The role of self-efficacy in psycho-social adjustment of fourth year students at the University of Namibia
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Date
2020
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University of Namibia
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of self-efficacy in psychosocial adjustment among students at the University of Namibia. Overall, the study had the following objectives, to measure the relationship between self-efficacy and psychosocial adjustment among students at the University of Namibia; secondly, to assess the predictability of self-efficacy onto psychosocial adjustment of students at the University of Namibia and finally, the study evaluated homesickness as a psychosocial problem between Namibian and International students at the University of Namibia. The study employed convenient sampling technique method, a sample of 251 students from the 1858 fourth year student population responded to the questionnaires. The study utilized quantitative research method while correlation, regression analysis and descriptive statistics described, analyzed and graphically organized the data. The findings of the study indicated that there is a statistically significant relationship between self-efficacy and psychosocial adjustment.
Based on the students' negative and positive affect, the results positively predicated self-efficacy onto psychosocial adjustment. And finally, the results revealed that there was no significant effect for homesickness between national and international students. It is this study's opinion that if students at the University of Namibia develops awareness for self-efficacy and recognize the significant role it plays, they would adjust well to the demanding experiences of their university
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A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Clinical Psychology)
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Psychosocial, Self-efficacy, Students at the University of Namibia