Self-efficacy and Academic Satisfaction among Faculty Nursing Students

Abstract

Self-efficacy is defined as an individual’s beliefs about his or her capabilities to produce the desired outcomes they want. A student’s perceived self-efficacy is believed to be influential on the student’s level of performance, the choice of tasks, and the amount of effort put into performing those tasks. It also determines how people feel, think, motivate themselves and behave (Rowbotham, 2014).

Efficacy is a major predictor of academic satisfaction. Self-efficacy has been directly linked to positive affect, academic progress, environmental support, and academic satisfaction. Specifically, high decision-making efficacy predicted better outcome expectations, which resulted to higher academic satisfaction (Ojeda, Flores &Navarro, 2011).There is a positive association between self- efficacy and academic satisfaction. Thus, self- efficacy influences one’s academic satisfaction. The more an individual perceived himself as capable, the perception toward academic experiences is more likely to be positive and higher levels of self- efficacy result to higher levels of one’s academic satisfaction (Pinugu, 2013).