Social Capital as the Determinant of Self efficacy and Academic Performance among University Students

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the impact of social capital on self-efficacy and academic performance among university students. The sample size was 130 students from an institute of Southern Punjab, Multan, selected through a simple random sampling technique. The participant was administered social capital questionnaire, self-efficacy formative questionnaire, and academic performance questionnaire to measure their social capital, self-efficacy, and academic performance. The score variations among gender, area of residency, and level of education were measured. Pearson product momentum, linear regression, t-test, and analysis of variance were used to assess the statistical significance of data. It was found there was a significant positive relationship between social capital, self-efficacy, and academic performance. The impact of social capital on self-efficacy and academic performance was also statistically significant (pvalue< 0.05). Moreover, a significant difference was found between gender (male and female students) and area of residency (rural and urban students), which shows female students and urban students have a high score on social capital, self-efficacy, and academic performance as compared to male and rural students. Analysis of variance shows a significant variation in social capital and academic performance, while self-efficacy show insignificant variation concerning different educational level.