Self-Efficacy and Tolerance of Ambiguity as Predictors of Academic Perseverance among Qassim University Students

Alasqah, Sumayyah S A

doi:10.21608/jsrep.2022.246323

Self-Efficacy and Tolerance of Ambiguity as Predictors of Academic Perseverance among Qassim University Students

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Sumayyah s a alasqah

Department of Psychology, College of Education, Qassim University, KSA.

10.21608/jsrep.2022.246323

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the relationship of academic perseverance and each of those who tolerate ambiguity and self-efficacy. It also aimed to identify the predictive ability to tolerate ambiguity and self-efficacy in academic perseverance among a sample of university students. The study used descriptive relational method to achieve study’s goals. Sample was chosen randomly from first level of university phase, their ages between (19-21) years. The researcher used academic perseverance scale (Abdulfattah, 2011), tolerate ambiguity scale (Abdultawab, 2010), and self-efficacy scale (alkferi, 2018). Also Person correlation, T test, one-way ANOVA and multiple liner regression for data processing. The results of the study revealed a positive correlation between self-efficacy, tolerance of ambiguity and academic perseverance. The results also indicated to modified role of self-efficacy in the relationship between academic perseverance and tolerance of ambiguity, also results showed the predictive ability of the variables self-efficacy tolerance of ambiguity in academic perseverance. The researcher recommended in the last study several recommendations

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