Psychological skills and their educational outcomes in adolescence: self-regulation, time management, and academic self-efficacy

GÖKALP, SERKAN

The primary objective of this study is to investigate the relationships between the fundamental psychological concepts that influence university students' academic self-efficacy. Specifically, the direct and indirect interactions between self-regulation, time management, and academic selfefficacy were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The study was conducted with a sample of 450 undergraduate students enrolled at a public university in Turkey utilizing a quantitative research design. Findings revealed that self-regulation was strongly associated with time management, which was in turn significantly related to academic selfefficacy. Furthermore, results indicated that self-regulation was directly and indirectly associated with academic self-efficacy through time man...