The relationship between self-concept, self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety and science performance among Iranian students

This study examined if students’ general self-concept, science self-concept, self-efficacy, science self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety and science anxiety can be considered as predictors for science performance among lower secondary school students. The participants in the study were 680 lower seco...

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Main Authors: Sahranavard, Maryam, Hassan, Siti Aishah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IDOSI Publications 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29074/
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description This study examined if students’ general self-concept, science self-concept, self-efficacy, science self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety and science anxiety can be considered as predictors for science performance among lower secondary school students. The participants in the study were 680 lower secondary school students, (317 male and 363 female, in the age 14 years old) at Tehran and Shahriar City, the province of Tehran, Iran. Five valid and reliable instruments were used to assess Self-concept Attribute Attitude Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory, General Self-Efficacyquestionnaire and Science Self-Efficacy questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, correlation matrix of constructs and multiple regression analysis was used to analyses the data. The result demonstrated that general self-concept; science self-concept can be influence on science performance. But, self-efficacy, science self-efficacy, self-esteem,anxiety and science anxiety cannot be influence on science performance among 8th grade Iranian students in 2010/2011 academic year.
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spelling upm-290742016-02-18T01:45:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29074/ The relationship between self-concept, self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety and science performance among Iranian students Sahranavard, Maryam Hassan, Siti Aishah This study examined if students’ general self-concept, science self-concept, self-efficacy, science self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety and science anxiety can be considered as predictors for science performance among lower secondary school students. The participants in the study were 680 lower secondary school students, (317 male and 363 female, in the age 14 years old) at Tehran and Shahriar City, the province of Tehran, Iran. Five valid and reliable instruments were used to assess Self-concept Attribute Attitude Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory, General Self-Efficacyquestionnaire and Science Self-Efficacy questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, correlation matrix of constructs and multiple regression analysis was used to analyses the data. The result demonstrated that general self-concept; science self-concept can be influence on science performance. But, self-efficacy, science self-efficacy, self-esteem,anxiety and science anxiety cannot be influence on science performance among 8th grade Iranian students in 2010/2011 academic year. IDOSI Publications 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29074/1/The%20relationship%20between%20self.pdf Sahranavard, Maryam and Hassan, Siti Aishah (2012) The relationship between self-concept, self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety and science performance among Iranian students. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 12 (9). pp. 1190-1196. ISSN 1990-9233; ESSN: 1999-8147 http://www.idosi.org/mejsr/mejsr12(9)12.htm
spellingShingle Sahranavard, Maryam
Hassan, Siti Aishah
The relationship between self-concept, self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety and science performance among Iranian students
title The relationship between self-concept, self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety and science performance among Iranian students
title_full The relationship between self-concept, self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety and science performance among Iranian students
title_fullStr The relationship between self-concept, self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety and science performance among Iranian students
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between self-concept, self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety and science performance among Iranian students
title_short The relationship between self-concept, self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety and science performance among Iranian students
title_sort relationship between self-concept, self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety and science performance among iranian students
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29074/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29074/1/The%20relationship%20between%20self.pdf