Self-efficacy on higher education: Its predictive role to satisfaction with academic experienceThis study aims to evaluate the possible predictive role of self-efficacy in higher education regarding student satisfaction with the academic experience. Three hundred and seventy-two university students from the state of São Paulo (66.4% female) participated this study, aged between 17 - 53 years (M = 22.84, SD = 6.09). The instruments used were the Higher Education Self-efficacy Scale and the Academic Experience Satisfaction Scale. A multiple regression analysis indicated the facets of academic self-efficacy explained considerable amount of variance in academic satisfaction (approximately 64%), and the social interaction self-efficacy facet presented a high regression coefficient (β = 0.79; p < 0.001). These findings indicate that self-efficacy constitutes an important predictor of academic satisfaction.
Keywords
Academic adaptation; Self-efficacy; Well-being; Social cognitive theory; Universities