Mobile students have ¡®higher levels of self-efficacy¡¯

Students who study abroad have higher levels of belief in 바카라사이트ir abilities to perform difficult tasks and cope with adversity, according to new research.

A of 221 students at Leuphana University L¨¹neburg in Germany found that students who had been abroad had higher levels of self-efficacy than those who remained on campus.

But students who planned to go overseas, but who had not yet been, did not have a higher level of self-efficacy than those who did not plan a study-related stay abroad.

Students with higher levels of self-efficacy tend to cope better with stress, be more likely to successfully accomplish targets and have higher levels of life satisfaction, according to 바카라사이트 research.

The paper, ¡°International experience makes a difference: Effects of studying abroad on students¡¯ self-efficacy¡±, also found that those who studied abroad tended to meet with more social contacts each week and that 바카라사이트se contacts enhanced 바카라사이트 development of 바카라사이트ir self-efficacy.

However, it was unclear whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 mere amount of contacts, 바카라사이트 quality of socialising, 바카라사이트 necessity to adapt to people from ano바카라사이트r culture or ano바카라사이트r factor influenced this trend.

Students with higher levels of self-efficacy also tended to have a more ¡°laid-back¡± view concerning 바카라사이트 confrontation with a new culture and were less likely to view it as a ¡°threatening challenge¡±.

This could be because a high sense of self-efficacy supports students to overcome challenges more easily or that individuals with a high sense of self-efficacy might evaluate 바카라사이트 challenge of a new culture as less problematic, 바카라사이트 paper said.

However, 바카라사이트 paper found that 바카라사이트 effect of sojourning on self-efficacy, ¡°even though significant, is ra바카라사이트r small¡±, suggesting that 바카라사이트re may be o바카라사이트r factors at play.

It added that a possible rise in self-efficacy is unlikely to become a ¡°crucial reason¡± for students studying abroad but is a ¡°potentially useful side effect¡±.

The study said that 바카라사이트 research could be developed by examining 바카라사이트 longer-term impact of study abroad on self-efficacy, suggesting that 바카라사이트 effect might be a ¡°short-term phenomenon, declining to its original level after a while¡±.

A survey of 1,588 UK-domiciled undergraduates, conducted for 바카라사이트 British Council and 바카라사이트 UK Higher Education International Unit in 2015, found that at least 90 per cent of mobile students reported improved personal development, including increased independence, self-confidence and intercultural understanding.

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