Academic Stress and General Self-efficacy among Engineering Students

Bhavana Lalwani; Dr. Deepthi Vijayan

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| Published: August 03, 2021

Academic Stress and General Self-efficacy among Engineering Students

Bhavana Lalwani

Research Scholar, Dept. of Psychology, Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Banglore, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Deepthi Vijayan

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Banglore, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.024.20210903

DOI: 10.25215/0903.024

ABSTRACT

It is a non-experimental quantitative study aimed to study the relationship between academic stress and general self-efficacy among engineering students. The data was collected using the standardized scale namely Academic Stress inventory by Ying Ming Lin and Farn Shing Chenfrom and standardized General Self Efficacy Scale by Ralf Schwarzer and Matthias Jerusalem a sample of engineering students belonging to the age group of 17-25 years(N=120) in which 83 were male participants and 87 were female participants (Female=87 and Male= 83). The sample was collected mainly among Karnataka, Gujarat, and Maharashtra. The study found that there is no significant relationship between academic stress and general self-efficacy at and the correlation was found to be negative.

Keywords

Spirituality, Gratitude, Demographic Variables, Students

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How to cite this article: Lalwani B.& Vijayan D. (2021). Academic Stress and General Self-efficacy among Engineering Students. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 9(3), 218-224. DIP:18.01.024.20210903, DOI:10.25215/0903.024