A Gender Study on College Students’ Academic Self-Efficacy

Juan Francisco Aguirre Chavez; Francisco Muñoz Beltran; Alejandro Chavez Guerrero; Maria del Carmen Zueck Enriquez; Jesus Jasso Reyes

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A Gender Study on College Students’ Academic Self-Efficacy

Juan Francisco Aguirre Chavez, Francisco Muñoz Beltran, Alejandro Chavez Guerrero, Maria del Carmen Zueck Enriquez, Jesus Jasso Reyes

Published in Science Journal of Education (Volume 2, Issue 6)

Received: 9 December 2014 Accepted: 23 December 2014 Published: 4 January 2015

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to compare female and male college students’ academic self-efficacy. The overall sample consisted of 1,995 participants, 862 women and 1,133 men, all freshman students at the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua (Autonomous University of Chihuahua). The average age is 18.18 years (SD= 0.68). This quantitative study has a survey-type, descriptive design. Differences found between men and women regarding their perceived self-efficacy, suggest that any effort to improve perceived self-efficacy must take gender into consideration.

Published in	Science Journal of Education (Volume 2, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.sjedu.20140206.12
Page(s)	180-184
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2015. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Student’s Beliefs, Gender Differences, Higher Education, Academic Performance, Students Characteristics

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Juan Francisco Aguirre Chavez

Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México
Francisco Muñoz Beltran
Alejandro Chavez Guerrero

Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México
Maria del Carmen Zueck Enriquez

Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México
Jesus Jasso Reyes

Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México

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