SENTIMENT D'AUTO EFFICACITE PERSONNELLE ET COMPETENCES ACADEMIQUES DES ETUDIANTS A PROFIL ATYPIQUE DE L'UNIVERSITE DE DOUALA

Abstract Many students apply for admission to a Master's program in a different field at the end of their Bachelor's degree. Since the Bachelor's degree is where the fundamentals of a discipline are taught, it might seem easy for a student who hasn't completed this cycle to experience difficulties adapting to the Master's level. However, we have observed that students who entered new programs after obtaining a Bachelor's degree in another field perform better in the Master's program than some students who remained in the same program. The objective of this study is to determine whether self-efficacy influences the development of academic skills in students with atypical profiles. The theory of self-efficacy developed by Bandura (2003) forms the theoretical basis of this research. The study adopts a quantitative design; data were collected through a questionnaire administered to 100 students with atypical profiles at the University of Douala. Analysis of the data using Pearson's correlation yielded the following results: HR1: rxycal = 0.378 with a probability of P = 0.000. HR2: rxycal = -0.102 with a probability of P = 0.004. HR3: rxycal = 0.638 with a probability of P = 0.000. HR4: rxycal = -0.238 with a probability of P = 0.001. These results lead us to conclude that persuasive communication is the source of personal effectiveness that most influences the development of academic skills in atypical Master's students. Keywords personal effectivenessacademic skillsstudentsatypical profilemaster's cycle