Prediction of Alienation from University According to Gender, Department Selection, Academic Success and Academic Self-Efficacy

Abstract

Alienation has become inevitable in today's modern society. In particular, alienation of university students causes this phenomenon to spread to different structures and relationships. This study aims to find out the extent to which gender, department selection, academic success and academic self-efficacy predict alienation of university students. The population of the study consists of the students studying in the faculties of Pamukkale University in 2018-2019 academic year. The participants are 746 students who were determined randomly from this population and participated in the study voluntarily. Descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression analysis were used for data analysis. The analyses depicted that gender, department selection, academic self-efficacy and academic success together predicted students' alienation in the dimensions of powerlessness, normlessness, isolation and senselessness. It was also revealed that gender and academic self-efficacy contributed significantly to the model in all sub-dimensions; department selection in powerlessness and senselessness dimension; and the academic performance had a significant contribution to the models in terms of normlessness, isolation and senselessness. In the light of these results, recommendations for policies and practices were presented.

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“…Mesleğe ait hissetmeme üzerine önlem programları gerçekleştirilmez ise bu durum öğrencilerin öğrenim gördükleri sınıf ortamına ve mesleğe dair yabancılaşmasına da neden olabilir. Özellikle erkek öğrencilerin kadınlara oranla daha fazla yabancılaşma duygusu yaşadığı üzerine araştırma bulgularına da rastlanmaktadır (Çelik, 2020;Çelik ve Babaoğlan, 2017;Polat vd., 2015). Sınıf içi cinsiyet orantısızlıklarından doğacak bir diğer olumsuz durum da, bölümde azınlık cinsiyetteki bireylerin sınıf içinde kendisini daha yalnız hissetmesidir.…”