Predictability of Academic Self-efficacy, Digital Literacy and Social Support on Psychological Well-Being of Undergraduate Students in the Situation of the Coronavirus Disease Epidemic (COVID-19)
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Objective: The objective of this study was to study predictability of academic self-efficacy digital literacy and social support on psychological well-being of undergraduate students in the situation of the Coronavirus disease epidemic (COVID-19). Materials and methods: The sample group were a bachelor's degree students in year 1-4 in the first semester of the academic year 2021, selected by convenience sampling which has a total sample of 150 students. The data collected by online questionnaire using Academic self-efficacy scale, Social support scale, and Psychology well-being scale. All of these scales had the internal consistencies between 0.85-0.96. The statistics used to analyze the data were frequency, mean, percentage, standard deviation and multiple regression analysis using enter method. Results: The results showed that Academic self-efficacy, Digital literacy, and Social support were accounted for 40.6% of the variance of Psychological well-being in the situation of the COVID-19 epidemic (R2= .41). Digital literacy was the best predictor of psychological well-being (β = .29, p < .05) followed by social support (β = .24, p < .05) and academic self-efficacy (β = .24, p < .05). Conclusion: Academic self-efficacy, Digital literacy and Social support can predict the Psychology well-being of university students. Digital literacy is importance skill that can promote. Therefore, the universities should consider promoting such skills to students, especially during the online learning periods.
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