International experience makes a difference: Effects of studying abroad on students' self-efficacy
(2016) In Personality and Individual Differences 107. p.174-178- Abstract
- The present study examined whether students experience an increase in their general perceived self-efficacythrough international academic mobility. Two hundred and twenty-one students at Leuphana UniversityLüneburg were enrolled in a test-retest study with two points of measurement including a time interval of ap-proximately six months. Perceived self-efficacy was measured in a group of sojourners (n=93),studyingabroadfor one semester, and nonsojourners (n= 128) who stayed at campus in Lüneburg. Sojourning was a significantpredictor for participants' self-efficacy at the second measurement. In addition, the number of socialcontacts metwith per week was discovered as a mediator for the development of higher self-efficacy abroad.... (More)
- The present study examined whether students experience an increase in their general perceived self-efficacythrough international academic mobility. Two hundred and twenty-one students at Leuphana UniversityLüneburg were enrolled in a test-retest study with two points of measurement including a time interval of ap-proximately six months. Perceived self-efficacy was measured in a group of sojourners (n=93),studyingabroadfor one semester, and nonsojourners (n= 128) who stayed at campus in Lüneburg. Sojourning was a significantpredictor for participants' self-efficacy at the second measurement. In addition, the number of socialcontacts metwith per week was discovered as a mediator for the development of higher self-efficacy abroad. Furthermore,high self-efficacy at thefirst point of measurement seems to prevent sojourners from perceiving a new cultureas a threatening challenge. Lastly, selection effects of personality concerning participants' intention to studyabroad were looked for,but not found. Thesefindingshelpto understand the influenceof studying abroad onstu-dents' perceived self-efficacy and provide further information about the possible causes of personalitydevelopment. (Less)
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- Petersdotter, Linn LU ; Niehoff, Esther and Freund, Alexander
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- 2016-11-17
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Self-efficacy, International mobility, Personality development, Students, Social contacts
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- Personality and Individual Differences
- volume
- 107
- pages
- 174 - 178
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- scopus:84998780369
- ISSN
- 1873-3549
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.paid.2016.11.040
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- English
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- 1ddba91c-5c33-4724-8213-cc61bd1b6d5a
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abstract = {{The present study examined whether students experience an increase in their general perceived self-efficacythrough international academic mobility. Two hundred and twenty-one students at Leuphana UniversityLüneburg were enrolled in a test-retest study with two points of measurement including a time interval of ap-proximately six months. Perceived self-efficacy was measured in a group of sojourners (n=93),studyingabroadfor one semester, and nonsojourners (n= 128) who stayed at campus in Lüneburg. Sojourning was a significantpredictor for participants' self-efficacy at the second measurement. In addition, the number of socialcontacts metwith per week was discovered as a mediator for the development of higher self-efficacy abroad. Furthermore,high self-efficacy at thefirst point of measurement seems to prevent sojourners from perceiving a new cultureas a threatening challenge. Lastly, selection effects of personality concerning participants' intention to studyabroad were looked for,but not found. Thesefindingshelpto understand the influenceof studying abroad onstu-dents' perceived self-efficacy and provide further information about the possible causes of personalitydevelopment.}},
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title = {{International experience makes a difference: Effects of studying abroad on students' self-efficacy}},
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doi = {{10.1016/j.paid.2016.11.040}},
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