The Ambition Level and its Relation with Perceived Self-Efficacy in Light of Certain Variables among a Sample of Jordanian Universities Students

Fatmah Ahmad Almomani and Aida Theeb

International Journal of Asian Social Science, 2016, vol. 6, issue 12, 683-697

Abstract: The study aimed to identify the level of ambition and its relation to perceived self-efficacy in light of certain variables among students of Jordanian universities. The sample of the study consisted of (790) male and female students randomly chosen from several Jordanian universities. Two tests were developed to achieve the aims and the goals of the study; Ambition level test consisted of (39) items distributed on four variables; Perceived self-efficacy test consisted of (40) items distributed on four variables. Reliability and validity were established. Results revealed that the ambition and perceived self-efficacy levels scored high, the relationships between the level of ambition level and perceived self-efficacy was positive. Moreover, there were no statistically significant differences in ambition level attributes to the study variables except in the struggle variable and tendency toward superiority variables. Finally, there were no statistically significant differences in self-efficacy except in moral variable.

Keywords: Ambition level; Perceived self-Efficacy; Moral; Social; Cognitive and academic; Emotional personalities. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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