Research Paper
Year: 2023 | Month: July-September | Volume: 7 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 7-15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/gijash.20230302
Self-Efficacy, Depression, Anxiety and Stress of University Students: A Study by Mahalanobis Distance
Aniket Sutradhar1, Dr. Subir Sen2, Anasuya Adhikari3, Sukriti Mondal Sutradhar4
1Research Scholar, Department of Education, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia & Assistant Professor, B.Ed. Section, Kalna College, Purba Bardhaman, India
2Associate Professor, Department of Education, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia
3Research Scholar, Department of Education, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, India
4Assistant Professor, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay B.Ed. Institution, Birbhum, India
Corresponding Author: Aniket Sutradhar
ABSTRACT
In the current study, Mahalanobis distance is used to compare the differences between two groups of university students’ levels of self-efficacy, depression, anxiety, and stress. Differences between student groups for all dependent variables assessed at once aren’t taken into account. Mahalanobis distance is an effective metric for determining a group of variables’ dynamical character. For this study, three distinct dichotomous groupings of students are taken into account. Five dependent variables-general self-efficacy, specific self-efficacy, depression, anxiety, and stress-are compared using Mahalanobis Distance to see how dynamically they differ. It is discovered that the dynamical nature of five dependent variables for various sets of independent variables is not significantly different.
Keywords: General self-efficacy, Specific self-efficacy, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Mahalanobis distance, University students.
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