We Can Help! A School-Based Intervention: The outcomes of multifaced academic self-efficacy intervention among Turkish high school students

Abstract

In this research, an intervention programme was applied to increase students’ academic and university exam self-efficacy and decrease exam anxiety. Further, the relationship between self-efficacy beliefs, exam anxiety and sense of school belongingness (SSB) was investigated. For this purpose, high-school students (N = 129) completed an 11-weeks intervention programme applied and a questionnaire including demographic information (gender, socio-economic level), academic and university exam self-efficacy, exam anxiety, and SBC was distributed before and after the intervention. The results revealed that while students’ academic and university exam self-efficacy significantly increased, their exam anxiety significantly decreased after the intervention. Further, SSB and exam anxiety found to be predictors of self-efficacy beliefs. Limitations are discussed, and suggestions for future research were offered.