Abstract

Objectives This study classified the trajectory of changes in academic self-efficacy in adolescence and analyzed the effect of individual psychological characteristics, family factors, and school factors on the potential class type of changes in academic self-efficacy.
 Methods In the data of the Daegu Institute of Future Education's Daegu Education Longitudinary Study, some of the data tracked every year for first-year middle school students from 2017 to 2020 were analyzed. Using the latent growth model, the types of changes in academic self-efficacy were classified and multinomial logistic regression analysis was conducted to analyze the effect of the changes in academic self-efficacy on the types of potential classes.
 Results As a result, as a result of the study, the trajectory types of changes in academic self-efficacy were classified into three types: ‘Low-level radical upward type’, ‘Medium-level maintenance type’, and ‘High-level gradual upward type’. Academic self-efficacy Factors influencing individual potential classes were more likely to be included in self-recognition among individual psychological characteristics factors, and the better the challenge, the more likely it was to be included in the “Medium-level maintenance type” or “High-level gradual increase type.” The higher the parent's support, the higher the likelihood of being included in the ‘Medium-level maintenance type’ and the ‘High-level gradual increase type’, the better the parent-child relationship, and the higher the parent's support, the higher the likelihood of being included in the ‘High-level gradual increase type’. In terms of school factors, it was confirmed that the better the friend relationship and the higher the teacher's support, the more it was included in the ‘low-level radical rise type’.
 Conclusions Through this study, it was confirmed that there was an average change in adolescents' academic self-efficacy for four years from the first year of middle school to the first year of high school, and the difference between individuals was significant. In addition, predictors that are included in each type of ‘Low-level radical rising type’, ‘Medium-level maintenance type’, and ‘High-level gradual rising type’ of academic self-efficacy were identified, and the effects of personal psychological characteristics, family factors, and school factors on adolescents were explored. These findings imply that it is necessary to consider the factors affecting the trajectory of changes in adolescents' academic self-efficacy, and through this, it can be expected that the improvement of adolescents' academic self-efficacy can have a positive effect on academic achievement and school life. It is also meaningful that it can provide implications for school education and the role of teachers to improve adolescents' academic self-efficacy.
 

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