background and purpose: research self-efficacy is an important subject in university education. research is considered essential to the development of societies. as such, postgraduate students require research courses in their curricula in addition to regular educational contents. materials and methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on two groups of postgraduate students...

introduction  self-efficacy in clinical performance had an important role in applying competencies; also competencies and self-efficacy in clinical performance influenced to quality care of nursing and midwifery students. so the present study aimed to define the relationship between clinical competencies and clinical self-efficacy among nursing and midwifery students. materials and methods  thi...

background: in the aftermath of de-institutionalisation and the move to community management of epilepsia, mothers play an increasing role in the management of the illness. mothers often complain of being misinformed and ill equipped to aid in the treatment. aim: the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a supportive educational program on self-efficacy of mothers with epilepti...

background to assess maternal confidence in her ability to cope with labor, a measure of childbirth self efficacy is necessary. objectives this paper aims to assess the cultural adaptation and psychometric testing of the short form of childbirth self-efficacy inventory among iranian pregnant women. patients and methods in this descriptive-methodological study, we investigated 383 iranian pregna...

conclusions it seems that health education programs based on the assessment of the needs of the patients can positively affect their behavioral motivation and performance in physical activities. results a significant increase in the self-efficacy and outcome expectations in the experimental group was observed one month after the training intervention, and the amount of physical activity showed ...

objectives: chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus have negative effects on physical and mental health. depression is the most common psychological problems in this group of patients. the purpose of this study was to predict depression symptoms based on self-efficacy and social support. materials and methods: a total of 130 patients with diabetes recruited from several clinics in shiraz. th...

abstract background: selection and acceptance of appropriate sexual behavior and sexual function are made difficult by low sexual self‑efficacy in the postpartum period. the general purpose of this research is to define the effects of an 8‑week pelvic floor muscle exercise program on sexual self‑efficacy in primiparous women after childbirth. materials and methods: this clinical trial was perfo...

background and objective: different personality aspects including identity styles, self-efficacy, and cognitive abilities can play a certain role in successful learning result in high educational success. we assessed the value of identity styles, self-efficacy and metacognition beliefs for predicting the level of educational success in female high-school students. methods: in a cross-sectional ...

stress is not always a direct result of stressful conditions, but rather the way they are perceived. thus individual variables that may be associated with perceived stress should be examined in stress studies. this study investigates the intermediary role of self-efficacy in relation with stress, glycosylated haemoglobin and health-related quality of life in patients with type2 diabetes.all wom...

test is the majority of student’s life and test anxiety is an experience that has commonly been observed during exams. in fact, anxiety is a vague feeling and very uncomfortable that so often considered to be associated with one or more physical sense, for instance, the empty feeling of heart palpitations, headache and sweating. the purpose of this study is to investigate and to compare the sel...