Abstract

• This study was conducted to investigate general self- efficacy and social skills of Grade 9 students in Kalay Township, Sagaing Region. The sample of the present study was 704 Grade 9 student (282 males and 4 Children & Adolescents and Social Skills Questionnaire (Student From) were used in this study. In the present study, general self – efficacy of Grade 9 students from Kalay Township was moderate level. And, female students were higher in academic self-efficacy than male students and students over 15 year old were higher than those under 15years old in emotional self –efficacy. And also, students from combination 1 were higher than students from combination 7 in academic self – efficacy. Next one way ANOVA results showed that there was significant difference in academic self – efficacy , social self-efficacy , emotional self- efficacy and general self-efficacy by schools. According to descriptive statistics, Grader 9 students from Kalay Township were moderate in social skills. Moreover, female students were significantly higher in cooperation, empathy and social skills than male students. The results of test showed that there was no significant difference by age in social skills. Students from combinations 1 were significantly higher than students from combination 7 in cooperation, self – control and social skills. One way ANOVA results revealed that there was significant difference in cooperation, empathy, self – control and social skills by schools. According to Pearson correlation, general self – efficacy and students race were positively correlated with social skills (r =.586, p < 0.001 and r=.181, p < 0.001) respectively. Finally, it was found that 34.3% of variance in social skills was predicted from academic self-efficacy, social self – efficacy, emotional self –efficacy using multiple regression analysis. The researcher concluded that general self – efficacy factors could influence students` social skills , thus , teachers and parents should train students` particular level of general self – efficacy and social skill to enhance more and by using several strategies.