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THE RELATIONSHIP OF GRATITUDE AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING TO
SELF-EFFICACY AND CONTROL OF LEARNING BELIEFS AMONG
COLLEGE STUDENTS
by
Dustine Rey
___________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements For The Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2009
Copyright 2009 Dustine Rey
Object Description
| Title | The relationship of gratitude and subjective well-being to self-efficacy and control of learning beliefs among college students |
| Author | Rey, Dustine |
| Author email | dustinerey@yahoo.com; reydustine@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Counseling Psychology) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-06-17 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-07-10 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hirabayashi, Kim |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Dembo, Myron Clark, Ginger |
| Abstract | This study investigated the relationship between gratitude, subjective well-being, personal and academic self efficacy and control of learning beliefs. The purpose of this dissertation was to extend the research on variables that contribute to academic success in college students. A non-experimental quantitative design was utilized. A sample of 206 four-year art college students completed a 38 item survey assessing their level of gratitude, subjective well-being, general self-efficacy, academic self-efficacy, and control of learning beliefs. Specifically, the survey consisted of items from: The Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6), The Satisfaction with Life Scale, The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ), The General Perceived Self-efficacy Scale (GPSS), and The Patterns of Adaptive Learning (PAL).; The results of the study indicate a strong correlation between all variables. Gratitude was significantly correlated with general self-efficacy, academic self-efficacy, subjective well-being, and control of learning beliefs. Subjective well-being was correlated to academic self-efficacy, general self-efficacy, control of learning beliefs, and gratitude. Results of the linear and multiple regressions showed that gratitude predicted 7.9% of the variance in academic self-efficacy, and 6.3% of general self-efficacy. Subjective well-being predicted 16.3% of the variance in general self-efficacy and 4.9% in academic self-efficacy. Results from this exploratory study indicated that gratitude and subjective well-being were positively correlated to both general and academic self-efficacy, and learning beliefs. In addition, gratitude and subjective well-being predicted general self-efficacy and academic self-efficacy of college students. Future research could build on these findings by assessing the efficacy and regulatory behaviors of students after participating in school based interventions aimed at increasing gratitude and subjective well-being. Suggestions for classroom and counseling interventions are provided. |
| Keyword | positive psychology; social cognitive theory; gratitude; subjective well-being; academic self-efficacy; general self-efficacy; self-regulation; learning beliefs |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2345 |
| Rights | Rey, Dustine |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Rey-2975 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Rey-2975.pdf |
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| Full text | THE RELATIONSHIP OF GRATITUDE AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING TO SELF-EFFICACY AND CONTROL OF LEARNING BELIEFS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS by Dustine Rey ___________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For The Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2009 Copyright 2009 Dustine Rey |
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