Social, emotional, and academic self-efficacy of adolescents in suburban areas: analysing interdependencies across socio-demographic factors

Figures & data

Table 1. Number of questions and score range, mean, scale CVI and CVR range, and Cronbach’s alpha for each scale.

Variable	Number of questions	Minimum scores	Maximum scores	CVI	CVR	Mean	Std. Deviation	Cronbach’s alpha
Academic self-efficacy	8	12	40	0.98	0.96	31.08	5.72	.84
Social self-efficacy	6	11	30	0.96	0.80	23	4.21	.77
Emotional self-efficacy	8	10	40	0.96	0.89	26.82	6.234	.82

Table 2. Frequency distribution of participants according to their demographic characteristics.

Variable	Sub Group	Frequency	Valid Percent
Gender	girl	312	78.2
	boy	87	21.8
Nationality	Iranian	337	84.7
	Afghan	61	15.3
Employment Status	I did not work at all	251	62.9
	I used to work	31	7.8
	I work more than 1 hour every day	86	21.6
	I only work in certain seasons	31	7.8
Fathers Education	Illiterate	62	15.8
	Under diploma	203	51.7
	Diploma	97	24.7
	Above diploma	31	7.9
Mathers Education	Illiterate	70	17.5
	Under diploma	191	47.9
	Diploma	121	30.3
	Above diploma	15	3.8

Table 3. Comparison of self-efficacy dimensions in different subgroups based on nationality, educational level, adolescent work, and parents’ education.

Variable	Sub Group	Academic. Self. Efficacy				Social. Self. Efficacy				Emotional. Self. Efficacy
		mean	Std. d	t/f	Sig. (2-tailed)	mean	Std. d	t/f	Sig. (2-tailed)	mean	Std. d	t/f	Sig. (2-tailed)
Gender	Female	31.05	5.78	0.59	0.44	23.1	4.24	0.38	0.53	27.03	6.21	0.24	0.62
	Male	31.1	5.56			22.5	4.06			26.08	6.29
Nationality	Iranian	31.36	5.70	2.32	0.02*	23.29	4.14	3.20	P<0.001*	27.04	6.15	1.55	0.12
	Afghan	29.49	5.67			21.41	4.27			25.64	6.64
Grade	5th	31.29	5.71	6.152	P<0.001*	22.32	4.45	2.68	0.06	25.60	5.77	4.04	0.18
	6th	31.93	5.57			23.43	4.03			27.67	6.14
	7th	29.36	5.68			23.27	4.02			27.10	6.79
Employment Status	I did not work at all	31.58	5.46	1.73	0.16	23.44	4.07	3.108	0.02*	27.54	5.86	3.2	0.02*
	I used to work	30.00	6.37			23.20	3.92			25.33	7.16
	I work more than 1 hour a day	30.41	6.22			21.87	4.74			25.36	6.64
	I only work in certain seasons	29.96	5.41			22.53	3.45			26.83	6.14
Fathers Education	Illiterate	28.66	5.61	3.59	0.01*	22.1	4.18	4.04	P<0.001*	25.11	6.48	6.25	P<0.001*
	Under diploma	30.81	5.71			22.91	4.13			26.43	6.16
	Diploma	31.80	5.98			23.04	4.42			27.46	6.03
	Above diploma	33.43	4.65			25.39	3.35			30.92	4.90
Mathers Education	Illiterate	29.39	5.06	4.28	P<0.001*	21.86	3.96	5.64	P<0.001*	25.07	6.32	2.99	0.03*
	Under diploma	30.91	5.85			22.62	4.18			26.73	5.74
	Diploma	32.41	5.78			23.98	4.24			27.57	6.74
	Above diploma	30.26	4.74			25.13	3.75			29.23	6.09

*The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level.