AN INVESTIGATION INTO GENERAL SELF-EFFICACY, LEARNED RESOURCEFULNESS AND DEPRESSION OF MONASTIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MOGOK AND PYIN OO LWIN TOWNSHIPS
Abstract
- The main purpose of this study was to investigate the general self-efficacy, learned resourcefulness and children depression of monastic school students from Mogok and Pyin Oo Lwin Townships. Moreover, the study was to examine the differences in general self-efficacy, learned resourcefulness and depression in terms of gender, age, grades, townships, schools, types of living and the relationship among the three variables. In the study, questionnaire survey research design and cluster sampling method were used. The participants of the study are 504 students of Grade 6, 7, 8 and 9 from eight monastic schools in Mogok and Pyin Oo Lwin Townships. The study was based upon Self-Efficacy Theory of Bandura, Learned Helplessness Theory of Hiroto and Seligman and Cognitive Theories of Depression by Beck and Abramson, Metalsky & Alloy. Students’ general self-efficacy were examined by using General Self-Efficacy Questionnaires for Children (GSEQ-C) by Muris, P. (2001) with 24 items. Learned resourcefulness of students was examined by using Rosenbaum’s Learned Resourcefulness Scale which contains 22 items. Children Depression Inventory (CDI) of Kovacs (1983) was used for exploring students’ depression which consists of 25 items. The reliability coefficients of General Self-Efficacy, Learned Resourcefulness and Depression were 0.738, 0.768 and 0.845 respectively. According to descriptive statistics, general self-efficacy and learned resourcefulness of students were favourable in nature and their depression was average. Based on the result of t test, gender difference and township difference in general self-efficacy was found. There was significant difference in depression according to living conditions. One-way ANOVA was conducted and the results revealed that General self-efficacy, learned resourcefulness and depression had significant differences across the grade level and school. But there was no difference based on their different ages. The result of Pearson Product Moment Correlation revealed that students’ general self-efficacy had positive correlation with learned resourcefulness and negative correlation with depression, on the other hand, learned resourcefulness had a negative correlation with depression. Therefore, general self-efficacy and learned resourcefulness can affect on the depression.
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Year
- 2024
Author
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Wint Zaw Htet
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Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)