Self-efficacy sources and reading comprehension: the mediating role of reading self-efficacy beliefs

The study aimed at identifying the association between Bandura’s four hypothesized self-efficacy sources and reading comprehension by employing reading self-efficacy beliefs as a mediating variable. A correlational research design was used. A total of 351 Saudi EFL learners were selected from eigh...

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Main Authors:	Shehzad, Muhammad Waleed, Alghorbany, Ali, Lashari, Sana Anwar, Lashari, Tahira Anwar
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14000/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14000/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14000/1/32251-110131-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-140002020-01-23T23:56:31Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14000/ Self-efficacy sources and reading comprehension: the mediating role of reading self-efficacy beliefs Shehzad, Muhammad Waleed Alghorbany, Ali Lashari, Sana Anwar Lashari, Tahira Anwar The study aimed at identifying the association between Bandura’s four hypothesized self-efficacy sources and reading comprehension by employing reading self-efficacy beliefs as a mediating variable. A correlational research design was used. A total of 351 Saudi EFL learners were selected from eight public universities of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by employing proportionate stratified random sampling. Two questionnaires including ‘questionnaire for sources of reading self-efficacy’, and ‘reading self-efficacy beliefs questionnaire’, and an IELTS reading comprehension test were used to collect the data. Path analysis by AMOS 23 was utilised in order to test the hypotheses. Findings provided support for the proposed conceptual framework, disclosing that all the four self-efficacy sources were significantly associated with reading self-efficacy beliefs. Also, reading self-efficacy beliefs were significantly associated with reading comprehension. Lastly, reading selfefficacy beliefs mediated the association between self-efficacy sources and reading comprehension. This study offered several theoretical and practical implications for EFL learners, instructors, and educational policymakers on the need of inculcating self-efficacy beliefs among learners to facilitate them in English reading comprehension. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14000/1/32251-110131-1-PB.pdf Shehzad, Muhammad Waleed and Alghorbany, Ali and Lashari, Sana Anwar and Lashari, Tahira Anwar (2019) Self-efficacy sources and reading comprehension: the mediating role of reading self-efficacy beliefs. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 25 (3). pp. 90-105. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1218
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description	The study aimed at identifying the association between Bandura’s four hypothesized self-efficacy sources and reading comprehension by employing reading self-efficacy beliefs as a mediating variable. A correlational research design was used. A total of 351 Saudi EFL learners were selected from eight public universities of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by employing proportionate stratified random sampling. Two questionnaires including ‘questionnaire for sources of reading self-efficacy’, and ‘reading self-efficacy beliefs questionnaire’, and an IELTS reading comprehension test were used to collect the data. Path analysis by AMOS 23 was utilised in order to test the hypotheses. Findings provided support for the proposed conceptual framework, disclosing that all the four self-efficacy sources were significantly associated with reading self-efficacy beliefs. Also, reading self-efficacy beliefs were significantly associated with reading comprehension. Lastly, reading selfefficacy beliefs mediated the association between self-efficacy sources and reading comprehension. This study offered several theoretical and practical implications for EFL learners, instructors, and educational policymakers on the need of inculcating self-efficacy beliefs among learners to facilitate them in English reading comprehension.
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author	Shehzad, Muhammad Waleed Alghorbany, Ali Lashari, Sana Anwar Lashari, Tahira Anwar
spellingShingle	Shehzad, Muhammad Waleed Alghorbany, Ali Lashari, Sana Anwar Lashari, Tahira Anwar Self-efficacy sources and reading comprehension: the mediating role of reading self-efficacy beliefs
author_facet	Shehzad, Muhammad Waleed Alghorbany, Ali Lashari, Sana Anwar Lashari, Tahira Anwar
author_sort	Shehzad, Muhammad Waleed
title	Self-efficacy sources and reading comprehension: the mediating role of reading self-efficacy beliefs
title_short	Self-efficacy sources and reading comprehension: the mediating role of reading self-efficacy beliefs
title_full	Self-efficacy sources and reading comprehension: the mediating role of reading self-efficacy beliefs
title_fullStr	Self-efficacy sources and reading comprehension: the mediating role of reading self-efficacy beliefs
title_full_unstemmed	Self-efficacy sources and reading comprehension: the mediating role of reading self-efficacy beliefs
title_sort	self-efficacy sources and reading comprehension: the mediating role of reading self-efficacy beliefs
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2019
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14000/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14000/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14000/1/32251-110131-1-PB.pdf
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Self-efficacy sources and reading comprehension: the mediating role of reading self-efficacy beliefs

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