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This study analyzes the relationships between Argentinean university students' self-efficacy and strategies for handling stress, on meeting both internal and external academic demands. A sample of 126 undergraduate psychology students completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the General Self-Efficacy Scale and the Coping Strategies Scale. The results indicate that the males have more self-efficacy than the females; the women, in contrast with the men, manage stress by seeking social support. Students who prepare for their exams by forming study groups are also more self-efficacious. Individuals from ages 29 to 58 tend to have higher levels of self-efficacy, turning to religion to manage stress, while individuals from 18 to 22 resort to open emotional expression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this research was to characterize students who select an undergraduate major in physical education, in terms of their perceived self-efficacy in academic performance, by comparing their profile with that of students who select another major. The total sample was 2,089 students with a median age of 18.23 years (standard deviation = 0.74): 902 females and 1,187 males newly enrolled in undergraduate majors offered at the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua. The research adopted a quantitative focus with a descriptive design, ex post-facto and transversal. The results obtained from comparing students in physical education with students in other disciplines show that the perceived self-efficacy in academic behaviors is very similar among all of the students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this research was to compare the profiles of perceived academic self-efficacy among male and female university students. The total sample was 2,089 individuals: 902 females and 1,187 males who were first-semester undergraduate students at Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, with an average age of 18.23 (DE= 0.74). The research had a quantitative focus that employed a descriptive survey. The differences found between men and women with respect to their perception of self-efficacy suggest that on designing any type of intervention that has the objective of improving perceived self-efficacy, the gender variable must be taken into account. Future research projects must replicate these findings in larger samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]