Research Self-Efficacy and Its Related Factors in Students of North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Research self-efficacy can be expressed as people's judgments about their research abilities to organize and execute a series of tasks to achieve the specified research functions. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate students' research self-efficacy of North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional study performed on 240 students of North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences. Students were selected by stratified random sampling. The students 'demographic information questionnaire and students' research self-efficacy questionnaire were used to collecting data. Data analysis was performed by SPSS20 software using descriptive statistics (including mean, standard deviation frequency, and percentage) and inferential statistics. Results: According to the study results, the frequency of female students was 155 (66.8%). The mean and standard deviation of the age of students was 22.2±3.6 years. The mean and standard deviation of total self-efficacy is 151.24 ± 36.02, mean and standard deviation of statistical and analytical self-efficacy metrics 32.22 ± 10.25, self-efficacy in conceptualization 35.52 ± 8.99, self-efficacy in the method and implementation 31.41 ± 7.05, self-efficacy in qualitative research 3 12.59±4.9, reporting self-efficacy was 18.69 ± 5.76, self-efficacy in skills and proficient was 15.66 ± 3.64, and self-efficacy in ethics was 9.38 ± 2.86. Conclusions: This study showed that research self-efficacy is moderate, and appropriate educational interventions are needed to promote it.