The relationship between self-efficacy level and gender perception of university students: Beyşehir example Üniversite öğrencilerinin öz- yeterlilik düzeyi ile toplumsal cinsiyet algısı ilişkisi: Beyşehir örneği

Aim: The present study was planned to determine the relationship between self-efficacy level and gender perception of university students.Methods: The sample of the study consists of students attending to the Beysehir Faculty of Tourism, Selcuk University. The study was conducted between 1 December-28 December 2015. A questionnaire developed by the researchers, the General Self-Efficacy Scale and the Gender Perception Scale were used for data collection. The resulting data were analyzed using the SPSS 17.0 software. In addition to evaluation of the data in percentages and numbers, descriptive statistics calculations, Independent-Samples T Test, One Way Anova Test and Correlation Analysis were applied to the data as well.Results: The mean age of the students participated in the study was 21.00±1.51 and 52.2% were male students. 27.5% of the students were 2nd grade and 27.1% were first grade students. The mean Gender Perception Score of female students participated in the study was 95.84±11.54, while it was 72.09±14.18 for male students, which showed that gender perception of students varied according to gender (<0.05). In addition, there was a statistically significant relationship between gender perceptions and self-efficacy levels of students with a margin of error of 0.01. Conclusion: As a result of the study, it was found that students’ gender, the place where they lived prior to the university education, and economical status had significant effects on their self-efficacy level and gender perceptions and there was a statistically significant relationship between self-efficacy level and gender perception. Especially families, school administrators and teachers have important roles in the education of children and youth, raising their level of awareness, establishing the concept of gender equality and gaining a high level of self-efficacy. Health professionals can contribute to the establishment of this awareness on a significant level through trainings, seminars, projects and various activities. OzetAmac: Bu calisma, universite ogrencilerinin oz- yeterlilikleri ile toplumsal cinsiyet algilari arasindaki iliskiyi saptamaya yonelik olarak planlanmis bir arastirmadir.Yontem: Selcuk Universitesine Beysehir Turizm Fakultesi ogrencileri calismanin orneklemini olusturmus, arastirmanin uygulamasi 1 Aralik-28 Aralik 2015 tarihleri arasinda yapilmistir. Verilerin toplanmasinda arastirmacilar tarafindan gelistirilen anket formu, Genel Ozyeterlilik Olcegi ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Algisi Olcegi kullanilmistir. Elde edilen veriler SPSS 17.0 paket programi kullanilarak degerlendirilmis, elde edilen verilerin yuzdeler ve sayilar ile degerlendirilmesi yani sira, tanimlayici istatistik hesaplamalari, Bagimsiz Gruplarda T Testi, One –Way Anova testi ve Korrelasyon analizi uygulanmistir.Bulgular: Arastirmaya katilan ogrencilerin yas ortalamalari 21.00±1.51’dir ve %52.2’lik bolumunu erkek ogrenciler olusturmaktadir. Ogrencilerin %27.5’ini 2.sinif, %27.1’ini 1.sinif ogrencileri olusturmaktadir. Calismaya katilan kiz ogrencilerin Toplumsal Cinsiyet Algisi Olcegi puan ortalamasi 95.84±11.54, erkek ogrencilerin 72.09±14.18 olup, ogrenciler arasinda toplumsal cinsiyet algisinin cinsiyete gore degistigi gorulmustur (<0.05). Ayrica, ogrencilerin toplumsal cinsiyet algilari ile genel ozyeterlilikleri arasinda 0.01 yanilma duzeyinde istatistiksel olarak anlamli bir iliski bulunmaktadir.Sonuc: Yapilan calisma sonucunda, ogrencilerin cinsiyetleri, okula baslamadan once yasadiklari bolge ve yerlesim yerleri ile ekonomik durumlarinin ogrencilerin oz-yeterlilikleri ve toplumsal cinsiyet algilari uzerinde onemli etkilerinin bulundugu, oz-yeterlilik duzeyleri ile toplumsal cinsiyet algilari arasinda ise istatistiksel olarak anlamli bir iliskinin oldugu belirlenmistir. Cocuklarin ve genclerin egitilmesinde, bilinc ve farkindaliklarinin artmasinda, ozellikle ailelere, okul yonetimi ve ogretmenlere, toplumsal cinsiyet esitligi kavraminin yerlesmesini saglanmada ve yuksek oz-yeterlilige sahip bireylerin yetistirmede onemli roller dusmektedir. Saglik profesyonelleri ise, bu bilinc ve farkindaligin olusmasina egitim, seminer, proje gibi cesitli etkinlikler yolu ile onemli katkilarda bulunabilir.