Compare academic self-efficacy and academic performance between obese and overweight, and normal male students in the high schools

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Abbas Anisan ¹ , Soghra Gavam ² , Ata Allah Porabasi ³ , Reza Ensian ⁴

1 - M.A of University of Alame Tabatabaei
2 - Associate Professor of Psychology, Allameh Tabatabaie University
3 - Associate Professor of Psychology, Allameh Tabatabaie University
4 - M.A of University of Shiraz

Received: 2014-11-17 Accepted : 2015-04-19 Published : 2015-09-01

Keywords: Academic performance, Obesity, Academic self-efficacy,

Abstract :

This study academic self-efficacy and academic performance compare between male students of obese and overweight and normal high school of bushehr City. In this study use of causal- comparative method. Statistical population were all high school student bushehr City. This study select 120 obese, overweight and normal student with cluster sampling method and use of Study-efficacy questionnaire Mac Aylrvy Bantyng and academic performance and its data were analyzed with MANOVA and univariate tests. In the present study There are between academic self-efficacy significant difference between obese and overweight and normal student in the levels of Sig= 0/001. Weight effect "action significant" has been 0/57 for self-efficacy. There are significant difference in the average between obese and overweight and normal student in the levels of Sig= 0/001, However, there are not significant difference between their absence. Results showed that students who were overweight or obese had more weakness in academic self-efficacy and academic performance than students with normal weight.