Self Confidence Foreign Studies
Self Confidence Foreign Studies
Self Confidence Foreign Studies
FOREIGN STUDIES
Study: 1
Aya Goto (2014) conducted a study on Maternal Confidence of Fukushima Mothers
before and after the Nuclear Power Plant Disaster in Northeast Japan: Analyses of
Municipal Health Records. The present study focused on levels and associated factors of
maternal confidence (one of the indicators used to evaluate Japan's national Maternal and
Child Health Plan) before and after the accident. Comparing three samples of mothers with
18-month-old children in Fukushima City (218 in 2010; 300 in 2011, the year of the accident;
and 188 in 2012) indicated that maternal confidence was lower in 2011 compared to 2010
and 2012. Interpersonal problems at home were significantly associated with lower maternal
confidence in 2011, as well as increased depression in 2012. Other factors associated with
lower maternal confidence across these 3 years were poorer perceived health and first-time
motherhood. Suggested strategies include giving special attention to maternal confidence
after nuclear disasters, as well as continuous monitoring of maternal confidence and a focus
on mothers' interpersonal issues. Improving access to health information is one key to
supporting maternal confidence after a disaster occurs.
Study: 2
Aidin (2014) conducted a study on Foreign Students Self-Confidence in Learning
Chinese.This survey study was aimed to inspect different amount of self-confidence
experienced by foreign students in learning Chinese. Forty two students from the CICE
(College of International Cultural Exchange) of CCNU (Central China Normal University), in
Wuhan, in spring 2013, has been randomly given a questionnaire about their motivation,
effort, self-confidence, and the subjective evaluation of the effect of their own native
languages on their overall performance in Chinese. It was assumed that phonological
similarity between learners native language and Chinese can enhance their self-confidence,
and consequently, increase their performance. However, since processing an actual CLS
(cross-language similarity) is beyond the scope of this study, and the perceptual similarity
evaluation of individuals has shown to be inaccurate, the study has failed to find such
relationship, and even found some negative links. Never the less, result shows a significant
effect of the number of languages participant speak on their perceived performance. Also
their perceived performance has a significantly positive correlation with some self-confidence
components.
Study: 3
confidence trait and academic achievement in Year 6 students (N = 177). EFA and Path
analysis were used to determine these relationships. The hypothesized path model was tested
in a simultaneous fashion of the entire system of variables to determine whether or not
hypothesized relationships were consistent with data. The results suggest that academic selfefficacy and metacognitive competency beliefs define a broad factor--Metacognitive Beliefs-which serves as a key predictor of Self-confidence. Mastery goal-orientation and self-efficacy
with teacher predicted metacognitive beliefs and, indirectly, Self-confidence. Students with
stronger Metacognitive beliefs were less engaged in self-handicapping behaviours. Known
common factors--intelligence, gender and a proxy for SES, school fees were controlled for.
The present study has important implications for both metacognitive theory and educational
practice.
Study: 6
Mohammad Ali (2011) conducted a study on Moderating Effects of Self-Confidence and
Sport Self-Efficacy on the Relationship between Competitive Anxiety and Sport
Performance.
The aim of this study was to examine moderating effects of self-confidence and sport selfefficacy on the relationship between competitive anxiety and sport performance in a sample
of Iranian athletes. A total of 246 volunteer athletes (149 males, 97 females) were included in
this study. All participants were asked to complete Multidimensional Competitive Anxiety
Questionnaire and Sport Self-Efficacy Scale. To measure the athletes sport performance,
their coaches were asked to complete the Sport Achievement Scale. The results revealed that
self-confidence and sport self-efficacy moderated the relationship between competitive
anxiety and sport performance. Analysis of the data revealed that moderating effects of selfconfidence for the association of cognitive and somatic dimensions of competitive anxiety
with sport performance were partial. On the other hand, the moderating effects of sport selfefficacy for the association of cognitive and somatic dimensions of competitive anxiety with
sport performance were full.
Study :7
Ravindra (2012) conducted a study on A Comparative study of Psycho-social Climate and
self-confidence among Students of Professional and Non-Professional Courses.
The present study aims to compare the status of perceived home environment and Selfconfidence among professional and non-professional courses with gender difference. The
sample consist 100 subjects 50 from professional course and 50 from non-professional
course. For the data collection Home environment scale and self-confidence inventory was
used. Two way ANOVA was used for determine the difference of dependant variable and also
calculated mean score for actual differences. The result shows that students from professional
course have better perceived the home environment than the non-professional course. But
there is no gender difference of perception of home environment. The second dependant
variable self-confidence was found in professional group but not high level. and also not
gender difference of self-confidence.
Study:8