Self-Confidence of the Second Year College Students of the University of Northern Philippines

Abstract

This study looked into the level ofself-confidence ofthe 298 second year college students from the six selected degree programs of the University of Northern Philippines during the second semester of the school year 2006-2007. The three dimensions of self-confidence were personal relationships, social situations, and public situations. These were correlated with the respondents' age, birth order,family size, parents educational attainment, parents work status, and place of residence. The findings of the study revealed that most ofthe respondents are Ladderized Nursing students, eldest siblings in the family, both parents are college graduates; majority of them are aged 18, belong to a medium sized family, both parents are unemployed, and live near the town proper. The study showed that the respondents have moderate level in all the three dimensions of self-confidence. It was also found out that there are significant differences on the level ofself-confidence between students in the ladderized and traditional Nursing programs. Taken singly, personal relationship is significantly related to the respondents' age, family size, and father's educational attainment. Likewise, family size, mother's educational attainment, and father's work status have a significant relationship with the social dimension of self-confidence.
As a whole, the self-confidence of the respondents is mainly influenced by the fathers work status which greatly and positively built the solid foundation of soundself-confidence and self-esteem of the students. Basedon the findings of the study, the researcher advances the following recommendations: the home and school as partners should continuously cooperate with each other by providing wholesome, challenging, and varied activities/programs that could help strengthen and enhance the self-confidence of the students; the College of Health Science and College of Nursing should maintain the intensification of the experiences, both curricular and co-curricular fstudents; the clinical staff should contimuously attend professional development programs; educated parents should likewise unceasingly enhance themselves professionally by undergoing in-service educational programs in line with their field of expertise; and a similar study should be conducted using different variables not mentioned in the study and with the non-degree students as respondents.