What is the Relationship Between Leadership Self-Efficacy and Stress?
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Author(s)
Sleeman, Lydia
Date Issued
March 31, 2025
Abstract
There has been limited research conducted investigating the potential relationship between someone's belief in their leadership abilities (leadership self-efficacy) and that person's perceived stress. The need for this gap to be filled prompted the creation of this study which looked at the relationship between leadership self-efficacy and stress in undergraduate college students at a small U.S. liberal arts college. 32 participants completed an online correlational design study. The relatively new Leadership Self-Efficacy scale was used, which identifies six dimensions (sub-scales) within, along with the Perceived Stress Scale to investigate this relationship. The current study hypothesized a negative relationship between each dimension, and the entirety, of leadership self-efficacy and stress. The examined correlations indicated a negative correlation between leadership self-efficacy and stress. Limitations and future directions are also discussed.
Major
Psychology
Honors
Psychology, 2025
First Reader(s)
Pickering, Ryan
Other Reader(s)
Frambes, Nancy
Department
Psychology
Type of Publication
Senior Project Paper
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