The current paper was focused on the comparison between locus of control, academic self-efficacy, and selfconcepts
in three different groups of university students. As predicted in the first hypothesis (H1), results
confirmed that the university students, who believed to have under their own control the circumstances in
everyday life, adopting the internal locus of control, expressed a positive representation of self-concept both inthe present and in the future. According to the second hypothesis (H2), the university students who perceived
themselves as more efficient in academic context judged their self-image positively both in the present and in the
future. Finally, as expected in the third hypothesis (H3), results demonstrated that the university students who
perceived themselves as highly efficient in academic context (that is, to overcome the difficulties with personal
involvement and to make decisions on what to do in academic context) believed to have under their own control
the circumstances in everyday life. In relation to the differences for degree course, university students attending
the Medicine and Psychology degree courses perceived themselves as more efficient than the students attending
the Law course in overcoming difficulties with personal involvement, in solving problems using other people as
helping source, and in creating a prosocial and collaborative climate in interpersonal relationships. In addition,
boys perceived themselves as more efficient than girls on the ability to solve problems in academic context using
the others as helping source. Regarding to the self-concepts, girls expressed a more positive self-image than boys
and university students attending the Medicine and Psychology degree courses judged themselves in the future
more positively than the university students attending the Law degree course.