ROLE OF FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION AND ACADEMIC SELF-EFFICACY AMONG YOUNG ADULTS

Abstract

The present study was aimed to identify the relationship between fear of negative evaluation and academic self-efficacy among young adults. It was hypothesized that females are more vulnerable to fear of negative evaluation as compared to males and that they have more tendency to have affected academic self-efficacy as compared to males because of the dread of being negatively evaluated. It is a quantitative research in which a correlational research design was used and non-probability sampling technique was preferred to gather data.  A total sample of 89 participants in which 45 were females and 44 were males were recruited through convenient sampling technique. To find out the correlation between the defined variables two scales were added to the questionnaire. These scales are Fear of Negative Evaluation scale and Academic Self-Efficacy scale. It was used to assess the level of fear of negative evaluation among young adults. The academic self-efficacy scale was used to assess the level of academic self-efficacy among young adults. As this study was quantitative in nature SPSS software was used to analyse the data collected from the participants. Independent sample t-test was run on SPSS software and spearman correlation was applied to check if there’s relationship between fear of negative evaluation and academic self-efficacy. It was found that females scored high on fear of negative evaluation scale and low on academic self-efficacy scale as compared to males. It was inferred that females are more vulnerable to fear of negative evaluation and have poor academic self-efficacy as compared to males.