Open AccessMediation Effect of Resilience on The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Competitiveness Among University Students
Author(s) -
Kingston K.F. Moke,
Calvin K.W. Chang,
Kususanto Ditto Prihadi,
Chee Leong Goh
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of evaluation and research in education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2620-5440
pISSN - 2252-8822
DOI - 10.11591/ijere.v7i4.15725
Subject(s) - sobel test , mediation , psychology , self efficacy , scale (ratio) , social psychology , psychological resilience , test (biology) , self confidence , applied psychology , self esteem , sociology , social science , geography , paleontology , biology , cartography
This study aims to evaluate the mediation role of resilience on the link between self-efficacy and competitiveness among university students in Malaysia. One hundred and thirty-six participants from several universities in Malaysia were recruited to respond to an online form consisted of the following scales: adapted versions of brief resilience scale from Smith et al, self-efficacy scale from Biemann, Kearney and Marggraf, and Personal Development Competitive Attitude Scale from Ryckman, Hammer, Kaczor and Gold. Data was analyzed by using SPSS with PROCESS Macro and full mediation has been observed. Bias-corrected bootstrap confidence interval test indicated that the indirect effect of self-efficacy on competitiveness was significant and the Sobel test had confirmed the significance of the mediation. Further discussion, limitation and suggestion are discussed in the end of the paper.