THE MODERATING ROLE OF PERCEIVED POSITIVE CHANGES IN FUNCTIONING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-EFFICACY PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN STUDENTS Cover Image

POCZUCIE WŁASNEJ SKUTECZNOŚCI A DOBROSTAN PSYCHICZNY U STUDENTÓW – MODERACYJNA ROLA POSTRZEGANYCH POZYTYWNYCH ZMIAN W FUNKCJONOWANIU PODCZAS PANDEMII COVID-19
THE MODERATING ROLE OF PERCEIVED POSITIVE CHANGES IN FUNCTIONING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-EFFICACY PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN STUDENTS

Author(s): Agnieszka Gabryś
Subject(s): School education, Health and medicine and law, Sociology of Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: self-efficacy; psychological well-being; perceived positive changes in functioning; COVID-19 pandemic; students; moderation analyses;

Summary/Abstract: Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic significantly changed the functioning of people aro- und the world, one facet of such modifications was higher education. In addition to the classic stressors, there were new challenges that students coped with.Research Aim: This research aims to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy and psy- chological well-being exploring the moderating effect of perceived positive changes in functio- ning in students during the COVID-19 pandemic.Method: The diagnostic survey and questionnaire technique were used. Main outcome me- asures, the General Self-Efficacy Scale, Scale of Positive Changes in Student Functioning in the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Psychological Well-Being Scale were used.Results: Significant and positive correlations were found between included variables. The ob- tained results show that the relationship between self-efficacy and psychological well-being are moderating by perceived positive changes in functioning in students during the COVID-19 pandemic.Conclusion: The findings presented in the study provide an important rationale to pay special attention to the psychological well-being of students during the COVID-19 pandemic and its direct and indirect determinants.

  • Issue Year: 42/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 141-160
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish