Table 2 Reliabilities, descriptive statistics, and correlations of the factors.

From: Chinese university EFL learners’ English for General Academic Purposes: relationships between target needs and self-efficacy

 

Necessities

Lacks

Wants

EL

ES

ER

EW

ESS

Target Needs

        

 Necessities

-

       

 Lacks

−0.07**

-

      

 Wants

0.60**

0.11**

-

     

Self-efficacy in

        

 Listening

0.26**

−0.34**

0.09**

-

    

 Speaking

0.28**

−0.38**

0.18**

0.65**

-

   

 Reading

0.26**

−0.34**

0.19**

0.57**

0.73**

-

  

 Writing

0.16**

−0.39**

0.02

0.65**

0.71**

0.69**

-

 

 Study Skills

0.28**

−0.08**

0.30**

0.27**

0.39**

0.44**

0.39**

-

 M

3.59

3.8

3.95

2.4

2.87

2.95

2.59

3.42

 SD

0.80

0.75

0.75

0.85

0.83

0.83

0.79

0.68

 Cronbach’s α

0.89

0.91

0.97

0.89

0.93

0.82

0.91

0.76

  1. Note: EL Self-efficacy in listening, ES Self-efficacy in speaking, ER Self-efficacy in reading, EW Self-efficacy in writing, ESS Self-efficacy in study skills. Factors that are in bold are statistically significant (p < 0.05) and have at least a medium effect size (r > |0.20 | ). **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05 (2-tailed).