The  Determinants of leisure attitudes: Mediating effect of self-efficacy among students from science, engineering and medicine colleges

Malek  Jdaıtawı; Abeer  Rasheed; Mohamed  Goharı; Yasser  Raddy; Mehmet  Aydın; Ahmed  Abas; Abdelmonim  Hasan; Ahmad  Khatıry

doi:10.36681/

Authors

Malek Jdaıtawı
Abeer Rasheed
Mohamed Goharı
Yasser Raddy
Mehmet Aydın
Ahmed Abas
Abdelmonim Hasan
Ahmad Khatıry

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36681/

Keywords:

University students, mediating effect, leisure attitude, learning, self-effciacy

Abstract

This resent study investigated the relationships between leisure attitude, self-efficacy and achievement motivation among first year university students. Furthermore, this study examined the mediating role of self-efficacy on the relationship between leisure attitude and achievement motivation among university students. A total of 190 students were selected from Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University using cluster sampling method. The questionnaires consisted of the revised version of the self-efficacy scale, leisure attitude measure and achievement motivation measure. The results revealed that there were significant positive relationships between the study variables. additionally, the result also showed that self-efficacy partially mediated the achievement motivation-leisure attitude relation. The implication is that students’ abilities should be improved by promoting leisure activities which may motivate them to participate in the learning activities.

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