The Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Student Self-Efficacy and Social Adjustment

Subject Areas : Infomartion Technology

Maryam Taghvaee yazdi ¹

1 - Associate Professor, Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University, Sari Branch, Sari, Iran

Received: 2019-05-05 Accepted : 2019-05-05 Published : 2019-01-21

Keywords: social adjustment, Self-efficacy, information and communication technology,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of information and communication technology on self-efficacy and social adjustment of female students of Islamic Azad University, Sari University in Sari. The present study was applied in terms of purpose and in terms of collecting descriptive information of correlation type. The statistical population consisted of 400 female students of Islamic Azad University of Sari, Faculty of Humanities. A simple random sampling method was used and 205 people were selected as the sample using Krejcy & Morgan table. The methods for collecting library and field information were. The data gathering tool for information technology was a standard questionnaire by Moghimi et al. (2012) with a reliability of 0.79 for self-efficacy of Jink and Morgan (1999) and 0.81 for social self-efficacy (Pique and Visman (1999) questionnaire for reliability). 0.87 was used. Validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by experts and experts. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics (frequency distribution tables, columnar and mean, standard deviations) and inferential (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and t-test) by SPSS software. The research findings showed that ICT has a positive and significant effect on students' adaptation. Information and communication technology has had a positive and significant effect on student self-efficacy. Self-efficacy has a positive and significant effect on students' adaptation.