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Self-Efficacy in Academic Competitions: Key Influencing Factors for Private University Students

Author(s)

Kexin Zhang, Liting Wang, Xiaojing Wu, Bingbing Wei, Xiaoxin Wang*, Yijin Wang*

Affiliation(s)

School of Humanities, Zhuhai College of Science and Technology, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China *Corresponding Author.

Abstract

The innovative teaching model that integrates coursework and competitions is conducive to improving students' comprehensive abilities. Encouraging students to actively participate in subject competitions is an effective means to achieve educational goals. For private university students, this presents an opportunity for self-improvement and enhances their academic backgrounds, laying a solid foundation for building core competencies. This paper, focusing on private university students, primarily employs literature review and questionnaire methods to explore the factors influencing competition self-efficacy and how these factors interact. The research shows that both social support and identity recognition have significant positive impacts on competition self-efficacy. Additionally, identity recognition positively affects competition self-efficacy through the mediating role of social support. In response to these findings, the paper proposes recommendations for promoting teaching innovation in private universities, such as improving competition incentive mechanisms, enhancing academic identity recognition, fostering a supportive environment, and stimulating individual potential. This study also provides new perspectives for future research on self-efficacy and broadens the scope of related studies.

Keywords

Subject competitions; Private university students; Competition self-efficacy; Influencing factors

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