EXAMINING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL DISPOSITION AND ACADEMIC SELF-EFFICACY AMONG UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
1Victor Moses; 2Umma Abdulwahid & 3E.F. Adeniyi
1&3Department of Educational Psychology & Counseling, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
2Dean Student Affairs, Jigawa State University, Kafin Hausa
Email:gstatconsulting@yahoo.com, abdulwahidumma@gmail.com, efadeniyi@yahoo.com
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Author: Victor Moses
ABSTRACT
The study examines relationship between emotional disposition and academic self-efficacy among undergraduate student. Five emotions of happiness, sadness, anger, fear, and anxiety were studied using correlational design and data was collected from 376 (male=199 and female=177) undergraduate students drawn from different courses of study. Two questionnaires – emotional disposition questionnaire (α=.919) and academic self-efficacy questionnaire (α=.776) were used to collect data which was analysed at .05 significant level. The Result suggests significant positive relationship between emotional disposition and academic self-efficacy, r(374) = .117, p = .023. Based on individual emotion, finding reveals a significant positive correlation between happiness and academic self-efficacy, r(374) = .148, p< .01, and also anger and academic self-efficacy, r(374) = .103, p< .05. No significant relationship was observed for sadness, r(374) = .098, p> .05; anxiety, r(374) = -.001, p> .05, fear and academic self-efficacy, r(374) = .045, p> .05. While t test analysis suggests no significant difference in happiness, fear, and anger based on gender,it was however found that female students had a mean score significantly higher than male in anxiety and all other negative emotions. From the findings, it was recommended among others that every university should consider assessing the psychological/emotional disposition of thousands of undergraduate students especially, the new and returning students as the knowledge of student’s wellbeing could help the university in providing necessary counselling support to students to improve their wellbeing in school.
Key word: Happiness, Sadness, Anger, Fear, Anxiety, and Academic Self-Efficacy
