أثر معتقدات الكفاءة الذاتية على قلق المستقبل المهني لدى طلبة مؤسسات التعليم العالي بسلطنة عمان

Abstract EN

This study aims to reveal the self-efficacy beliefs and future anxiety for higher education institutions' students in the Sultanate of Oman, and to shed light on the impact of self-efficacy beliefs on future anxiety.

the study also aims to identify statistically-significant differences in relation to future anxiety and self-efficacy beliefs due to the variables of gender, type of institution [public, private] and academic discipline [scientific, humanitarian] for higher education institution's students in the Sultanate of Oman.

the study population composed of [500] students selected on a non-probability sampling basis from both Sultan Qaboos university and university of technology and applied sciences, and on a simple random sampling basis from both the university of Nizwa and A'sharqiyah university.

in addition, the study adopted the descriptive correlational methodology, and the researcher relied on the future anxiety scale and self-efficacy beliefs scale.

basically, the study findings revealed that the study population had moderate future anxiety level and high self-efficacy beliefs level, and that there was negative impact of self-efficacy beliefs on the future anxiety.

moreover, the findings also revealed statistically-significant differences between the males and females in respect of the future anxiety scale in favor of the males.

also, the findings revealed the absence of statistically-significant differences in relation to the type of institution and the presence of statistically-significant differences in relation to the academic discipline in favor of the scientific disciplines.

for the self-efficacy beliefs scale, the findings revealed no statistically-significant differences between males and females in respect of all dimensions of the scale-except for the [proactive behavior] dimension-in favor of the males.

also, the findings revealed the absence of statistically-significant differences in relation to the type of institution statistically-significant differences were identified between the students of scientific disciplines and students of humanitarian disciplines in relation to both the [proactive behavior] dimension and [perseverance to overcome the challenges] dimension scale in favor of the scientific disciplines.