SELF-EFFICACY AND COMPLEX THINKING IN HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS IN PERU

Abstract

The objective of the study was to determine the relationship and predictability between self-efficacy and complex thinking in higher education students in Peru, making comparisons by gender, in 543 students aged 18 to 25 years, from four public universities to whom the scales of Self-Efficacy (EAPESA; Palenzuela, 1983) and Complex Thinking created by CIFE (2017) were applied. The results show a moderate positive relationship and complex thinking is a predictor of self-efficacy in 17.6% of the cases observed, and there are no significant differences according to gender, and most were located at medium and high levels in both variables.