Positive Psychological Capital Factors in Predicting University Adjustment Among Under Graduate Students’ Earnings While Studying
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Students, Earning While Studying, Positive Psychological, University AdjustmentAbstract
This study aimed to examine the predictive power of self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience on the university adjustment of undergraduate students who work while studying. The participants comprised 203 working undergraduate students, selected through convenience sampling. Data were collected using a questionnaire based on a 5-point Likert scale, with Cronbach's alpha values ranging from .761 to .928, indicating acceptable reliability. Descriptive statistics; frequency and percentage, were employed, alongside Pearson correlation analysis to explore relationships between variables and multiple regression analysis to assess the predictive power of the independent variables. The findings revealed that self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience collectively explained 65% of the variance in university adjustment among working undergraduate students. Among these, resilience emerged as the strongest predictor, followed by optimism, hope, and self-efficacy.
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