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Dissertation
Relationship among Self-Efficacy, Well-Being, and Adjustment to College among Students with Disabilities
University of West Florida Libraries
Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida
2025
Abstract
Empirical data from previous research have demonstrated more students with disabilities are enrolling in postsecondary institutions, despite postsecondary completion rates lower than those of their peers (James et al., 2022; Phillips et al., 2022; Tarconish et al., 2023). Understanding students with disabilities’ adjustment to college is crucial for supporting their transitions to postsecondary education. This quantitative correlational study explored whether relationships exist among self-efficacy, subjective well-being, and college adjustment among students with disabilities. The participants were a purposive sample of 87 students with disabilities attending a public 2-year college in central Florida, who were at least 18 years old, taking college credit courses, receiving educational accommodations, and registered with the accessibility services department. I gathered responses using the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), College Student Subjective Well-Being Questionnaire (CSSWQ), and College Adjustment Questionnaire (CAQ), including its three subscales: educational, psychological, and relational functioning. The theoretical framework for the study was Bandura’s (1986) social cognitive theory. Data analyses included descriptive and inferential statistics. I used Kendall’s tau to analyze the quantitative data. I found a positive association between the GSES and CAQ subscales, and the association between self-efficacy and educational functioning was statistically significant (τb = .318, p = .001). The association between self-efficacy and relational functioning was statistically significant (τb = .377, p = .001) and between self-efficacy and psychological functioning (τb = .351, p = .001). The findings suggest that self-efficacy was associated with college adjustment for students with disabilities in the study. These results have implications for future research and college transition planning for students with disabilities, particularly for accessibility counselors and other stakeholders in postsecondary settings.
Details
- Title
- Relationship among Self-Efficacy, Well-Being, and Adjustment to College among Students with Disabilities
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Contributors
- Kathrine Johnson (Committee Chair)William Crawley (Committee Member)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 186
- Copyright
- Unpublished work © Micheal Abrahams
- Identifiers
- 99381357279306600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Doctor of Education (EDD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida