Baranović, Branislava and Šabić, Josip (2025) Students’ self-efficacy for higher education: intersectionality of gender, place of residence, cultural and economic capital. European Educational Research Journal. pp. 1-18. ISSN 1474-9041 (Print), 1474-9041 (Online)
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IN ENGLISH: Achieving gender equality in self-efficacy for higher education (HE) is essential for meeting Europe’s strategic goals of increasing access to HE and narrowing gender disparities. Our study examines gender disparities in self-efficacy for pursuing HE, including intersecting influences of gender, cultural capital, economic capital and residential location. Building on Bandura’s concept of self-efficacy and its application in research, we define self-efficacy for HE as a student’s confidence in their ability to successfully carry out the necessary tasks for enrollment and completion of their desired study program and as a concept that reflects complex intersectional inequalities influenced by both individual and social factors across various societal contexts. We employed a quantitative intersectional approach grounded in McCall’s multicategorical complexity framework. The study was conducted with a nationally representative sample of Croatian upper secondary school students in 2021. The findings revealed that urban residence, along with higher cultural and economic capital, significantly influenced self-efficacy for HE. Boys demonstrated slightly higher self-efficacy than girls. Cultural capital exerted a slightly stronger impact among male students and among students from rural areas. The study is discussed in the context of its contribution to quantitative intersectional research and policies aimed at addressing gender inequalities in HE in Europe. --------------- IN CROATIAN: Postizanje rodne ravnopravnosti u samoefikasnosti za visoko obrazovanje ključno je za ostvarenje europskih strateških ciljeva povećanja pristupa visokom obrazovanju i smanjenja rodnih nejednakosti. U ovom istraživanju ispitujemo rodne razlike u samoefikasnosti za pohađanje visokog obrazovanja, uključujući intersekcijske učinke roda, kulturnog kapitala, ekonomskog kapitala i mjesta stanovanja. Polazeći od Bandurinog koncepta samoefikasnosti i njegove primjene u istraživanjima, samoefikasnost za visoko obrazovanje definiramo kao učenikovo uvjerenje o vlastitoj sposobnosti uspješnog izvršavanja potrebnih zadataka za upis i završetak željenog studijskog programa, ali i kao koncept koji odražava složene intersekcijske nejednakosti oblikovane kako individualnim tako i društvenim čimbenicima u različitim društvenim kontekstima. Primijenili smo kvantitativni intersekcijski pristup utemeljen na McCallinu okviru multikategorijske složenosti. Istraživanje je provedeno 2021. godine na nacionalno reprezentativnom uzorku učenika završnih razreda srednjih škola u Hrvatskoj. Rezultati su pokazali da urbano mjesto stanovanja, kao i viši kulturni i ekonomski kapital, imaju značajan učinak na samoefikasnost za visoko obrazovanje. Mladići su pokazali nešto višu razinu samoefikasnosti u odnosu na djevojke. Kulturni kapital imao je nešto snažniji učinak kod mladića te kod učenika iz ruralnih područja. Istraživanje se razmatra u kontekstu doprinosa kvantitativnim intersekcijskim istraživanjima i politikama usmjerenima na smanjenje rodnih nejednakosti u visokom obrazovanju u Europi.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Language: English. - Title in Croatian: Samoefikasnost srednjoškolaca za visoko obrazovanje: intersekcionalnost roda, mjesta stanovanja te kulturnog i ekonomskog kapitala. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Intersectionality, self-efficacy for higher education, gender differences, residential location, cultural and economic capital (intersekcionalnost, samoefikasnost za visoko obrazovanje, rodne razlike, mjesto stanovanja, kulturni i ekonomski kapital) |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Depositing User: | Karolina |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Feb 2026 12:30 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Feb 2026 07:37 |
| URI: | http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/1290 |
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