Self-Efficacy, Academic Buoyancy and Attitude towards Research among University of Ibadan Graduating Education Students

The study focused on the relationship among self-efficacy, academic buoyancy and attitudetowards research among University of Ibadan graduating education students. The studyemployed a descriptive research design of correlational type. A sample of ninety seven maleand female final year students was selected using the purposive sampling technique. Datawere collected with the use of a questionnaire containing the General Self-efficacy scale bySchwarzer and Jerusalem (1995), the Academic buoyancy scale by Martin and Marsh (2008)and the Attitude Towards Research Scale by Papanastasiou (2005). The three scales yieldinternal consistency Cronbach alpha coefficients of 0.78, 0.84 and 0.73 respectively. Thefindings reveal that attitude towards research among graduating university students is positivelyrelated to their levels of self-efficacy (r = 0.154, p<.05) and academic buoyancy(r = 0.084,p<.05). Also, there is no significant difference in the attitude towards research of male andfemale graduating university students (0.407>0.05). It is recommended that self-efficacyand academic buoyancy among university students should be fostered through therapeuticinterventions so that their attitude towards research can be improved on.