The relationship between self-efficacy and performance

Abstract

[Purpose]: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy and performance in students of physical therapy. [Subjects]: The subjects were 77 students enrolled at a physical therapy department (59 male students, 18 female students, mean age: 21.03 ± 4.4) [Methods]: The research was conducted a total of four times before and after college entrance. A questionnaire survey was administered concerning motivation to apply, image of the job, the academic performance self-efficacy scale, the on-the-job-training self-efficacy scale, and motivation. [Results]: The higher the preceding self-efficacy was, the greater the subject’s academic performance was. However, irrespective of test results, the subsequent self-efficacy did not increase. [Conclusion]: From the outcome of tests, students need to be educated to think why and what kind of questions they answered wrong, and what the possible answers are so that they can make a correct assessment by themselves.