Evolución del nivel de autoeficacia académica percibida en estudiantes universitarios mexicanos del medio rural

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the degree of evolution of the academic self-efficacy perceived during the first three semesters of study in a sample of university students from rural areas in Mexico and, if it exists, to determine the measure of the effect (semester attended) on said self-efficacy. The research was developed under the quantitative methodology, non-experimental and longitudinal design, applying a questionnaire-type instrument with Likert scaling (.91 in Cronbach's alpha) to 55 students during the first three semesters of their studies. The results revealed that the academic self-efficacy level showed an increasing behavior as the students advanced semester, since in the first semester it was at a medium level while in the second and third a high level, being higher in the latter. The measure of the effect of the semester studied on self-efficacy is large (1,497 in Cohen's d statistic). It is concluded that students began their studies with certain beliefs about their abilities to carry out academic activities and that at the end of the third semester, they were higher.

Keywords

• academic self-efficacy
• longitudinal study
• student expectations
• social-cognitive psychology.