Investigating the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Academic Performance in Females with Meta-Analysis

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Siavosh Sheikhalizade ¹
• Tohid ashrafzade ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Azerbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.

² Ph.D. Student of Educational Psychology, Azerbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.

10.30495/jzvj.2022.29051.3678

Abstract

Abstract
Objective: The aim of this research is to combine the studies’ results that had been made on self-efficacy on academic performance of females.

Method: The method of this research is meta-analysis. The populations were available related studies between 1382-1400 and 2002-2021. For gathering data, was used the Mesrabadi research proposal check lists (1389). 127 effect sizes were being investigated based on inclusion and exclusion criteria on 99 primary researches. Sensitivity analysis, fixed and random effects models and the heterogeneity analysis with CMA software was used for data analysis.

Results: The findings indicated that the mean of the total effect of the studies were 0.422 for the fixed effects model and 0.437 for the random effects model. As the effect sizes were heterogeneous type of sample were examined as the mediating variable. The results indicated that in researches that the subjects of the research were first middle school students the effect size of relationship between this two variable is more than to the other researches. The results indicated that the relationship between self-efficacy and academic performance in type of social self-efficacy is more than to the other types of self-efficacy.

Conclusion: The findings showed relationship between self-efficacy and academic performance of females.

Keywords

• Self-Efficacy
• Academic Performance
• Meta-Analysis
• Effect Size
• Females

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