Perceived Academic Self-efficacy and Its Relation with the Academic Adaptability Among Vocational Students in Senior Middle School

Objective To study the perceived academic self-efficacy and its relation with the academic adaptability of vocational students in senior middle school,and to provide evidence for the reformation of senior vocational teaching.Methods By using the Perceived Academic Self-efficacy Test and the Academic Adaptability Test(AAT),465 vocational students in senior middle school and 246 senior middle school students were investigated.Results The perceived academic self-efficacy of vocational students was poor.Vocational students scored lower in the two subscales of perceived basic capability and in the total scale than senior middle school students did.The scores of vocational students in the subscales of conviction of good academic achievements,perceived objectives achieving,perceived talent,active self-prediction,perceived self-doubt,perceived easily disturbing,undesirable environmental feeling,perceived helplessness were lower than those of senior middle school students.The gender difference was significant in the scores for the subscales of perceived objectives achieving,perceived talent,perceived self-doubt,perceived basic capability and total score of the scale,and scores of female students were higher than the male.The factor scores and total score of the perceived academic self-efficacy were positively related with that of academic adaptability of vocational students.Academic adaptability could positively predict the score of perceived basic capability and perceived control and the total score of perceived academic self-efficacy.Conclusion The perceived academic self-efficacy of vocational students is poor.Academic adaptability plays an important role in the perceived academic self-efficacy of vocational students.