Sources of Self-Efficacy: An Investigation of Elementary School Students in France

Autor/inn/en	Joet, Gwenaelle; Usher, Ellen L.; Bressoux, Pascal
Titel	Sources of Self-Efficacy: An Investigation of Elementary School Students in France
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Psychology, 103 (2011) 3, S.649-663 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0663
DOI	10.1037/a0024048
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Students; Females; Self Efficacy; Foreign Countries; French; Epistemology; Grade 3; Mathematics Education; Models; Investigations; Context Effect; France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Ausland; Französisch; Erkenntnistheorie; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Mathematische Bildung; Analogiemodell; Untersuchung; Frankreich
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of Bandura's (1997) theorized sources of self-efficacy on the academic and self-regulatory efficacy beliefs of 3rd-grade elementary school students (N = 395) in France, to examine whether classroom context might explain a significant portion of the variation in self-efficacy, and to assess whether these sources differ as a function of sex. Hierarchical linear modeling revealed that mastery experience, social persuasions, and mean classroom-level self-efficacy predicted mathematics self-efficacy. Mastery experience, social persuasions, physiological state, and mean classroom-level self-efficacy predicted French self-efficacy. All 4 sources predicted self-efficacy for self-regulated learning in both subjects, with the exception of vicarious experience in French. Classroom-level variables did not predict self-efficacy for self-regulated learning in either subject. Boys outperformed girls in mathematics and reported higher mathematics self-efficacy, self-regulatory efficacy, mastery experience, social persuasions, and lower physiological arousal. In French, girls outperformed boys but reported lower self-efficacy. Findings support and refine the theoretical tenets of Bandura's social cognitive theory. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10