ERIC Number: EJ1193734
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Nov
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Adjustment-Seeking Behavior: The Role of Political Skill and Self-Efficacy in Training Students to Be More Actively Engaged in Their Studies
Geyer, Paul D.
Active Learning in Higher Education, v19 n3 p225-237 Nov 2018
Some students cope with the conflicting demands of work, family, health, and college by engaging in adjustment-seeking behavior, whereby students try to persuade instructors to make the kinds of personalized adjustments needed to avoid the potential consequences of conflicts between academic responsibilities and their other responsibilities. Hypothesized here is that students' adjustment-seeking behaviors are predicated by knowledge of students' political skill and adjustment-seeking self-efficacy. Participants completed a survey measuring adjustment-seeking behavior, adjustment-seeking self-efficacy, and political skill. Multiple regression analysis revealed that students' political skill and adjustment-seeking self-efficacy contributed significantly to the prediction of adjustment-seeking behavior, as hypothesized. Adjustment-seeking behavior was found to be more frequent among participating students with higher levels of political and self-efficacy skills. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
Descriptors: Student Responsibility, Student Adjustment, Student Needs, Student Behavior, Self Efficacy, Coping, Politics, Interpersonal Competence, College Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Relationship, Interaction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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