Is the Self-efficacy of Single Kid in Remote Education Higher?

Abstract

This study uses the PISA database to explore the impact and mechanism of the family background of only children on self-efficacy in distance education. The analysis results show that (1) family background prominent and positively predicts self-efficacy; (2) Self educational expectations partially mediate the connection between family background and self-efficacy; (3) The direct effect of family background on self-efficacy and the mediating effect of self-education expectations are both moderated by the presence or absence of only children: family background in non only child families has a stronger predictive effect on self-education expectations than in only child families; The impact of family background on self-efficacy and self-education expectations on self-efficacy is stronger in only child families than in non only child families. This study is beneficial in revealing the pathways and influence of the family background of only child and non only child families on self-efficacy under distance education, which has certain implications for demographic research related to social fertility.