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Poczucie własnej skuteczności osób zdecydowanych na emigrację
Self-Efficacy of People Who Are Determined to Emigrate

Author(s): Elżbieta Kornacka-Skwara
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Migration Studies
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
Keywords: family; emigration; self-efficacy

Summary/Abstract: Self-efficacy is the intensity of the general belief of the person who can predict the intentions and actions in different areas of activity. People with high levels of self-efficacy – up to assess their resources and set themselves higher goals. The aim of the study was to answer the question what is the self-efficacy of people who have decided to emigrate. The study wanted to examine what is the level of global self-efficacy of future immigrants and whether there are gender differences in the level of overall effectiveness of future immigrants. There were tested 120 young people who studies in AJD of Czestochowa. The study was used Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale by Schwarzer and Jerusalem. GSES measures the overall strength of the individual beliefs about the effectiveness of coping with difficult situations and obstacles. Hypothesis assumed that the level of self-efficacy will reach a high level at people who have decided to emigrate, and that there will be gender differences in the level of self-efficacy. I assume that there is a higher level of the sur-veyed women. It can be assumed that both of hypotheses were confirmed.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 321-329
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish