Predicting Academic Adjustment of Undergraduate Students of Fars Farhangian University Based on Academic Optimism and Perceived Self-efficacy

The aim of this study was to predict the academic adjustment of undergraduate students of Fars Farhangian University based on academic optimism and perceived self-efficacy. The statistical population of the study included all undergraduate students on the campuses of Fars Farhangian University who were studying in the first semester of the 1397-98 academic years. For this study, 300 students (128 boys and 172 girls) were selected by cluster random sampling and completed the Morris Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, Tschannen-Moran et al.'s Academic Optimism Questionnaire, and Students’ Adjustment to College Questionnaire (Baker & Siryk). Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. Findings showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between academic optimism and perceived self-efficacy with students' academic adjustment. The results of regression analysis also revealed that academic optimism and perceived self-efficacy have the ability to predict 0.33 of academic adjustment changes in a positive direction; therefore, to increase the degree of academic adjustment, we can pay attention to the variables of academic optimism and perceived self-efficacy.