Features of emerging adulthood and self-efficacy of senior college students

Issue Date

2019

Abstract

Emerging adulthood remains an under-researched area with a little over a thousand published empir- ical studies from 2000-2015 (Swanson, 2016). It is in this context that this study aimed to identify the relationship between features of emerging adulthood and self-efficacy of Filipino senior college stu- dents. Such features were used to identify how respondents look at emerging adulthood. The study also investigated which feature respondents identify with the most along with their self-efficacy level. Complete enumeration of 81 senior college students was done through a self-administered online survey questionnaire. The three-part survey gathered information on their perception on emerging adulthood, their self-efficacy, and their feeling toward graduating soon, as well as plans after gradua- tion. Analysis of results included both quantitative and qualitative processes. Results showed that re- spondents identified with the age of possibilities the most and that majority of respondents possessed a high level of self-efficacy. Moreover, results showed positive and moderate relationships between self-efficacy and two features: age of being self-focused and age of possibilities. It is recommended that future research should look into other factors that may affect or influence features of emerging adulthood and self-efficacy, such as gender, quality of family relationship, and parenting style.

Source or Periodical Title

Journal of Human Ecology

ISSN

2244-0607

Volume

8

Issue

1

Page

131-144

Document Type

Article

College

College of Human Ecology (CHE)

Frequency

annually

Physical Description

tables ; references

Language

English

Subject

Self-efficacy in students

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Digital Copy Available

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