background: improving maternal health is one of the eight millennium development goals (mdgs) aimed at improving maternal healthcare and reducing maternal mortality. the utilization of maternal health services is influenced by several factors that need to be better understood. the objective of this study was to estimate the role of socio-economic position as a determinant of the utilization of ...

Relatively little empirical research has analyzed the sources of students’ self-perceptions outside US and Europe, in new fields study like renewable energy. This paper aims at filling this gap by identifying differences self-efficacy levels post-graduate students Erasmus+ capacity-building programs on energy Argentinian Guatemalan universities. We a sample 43 to test intersectional self-effica...

This study examined the effect of a brief psycho-educational program, Time Together, on maternal self-efficacy, mother-infant bonding, and mood/anxiety for community-based mothers. program centered voice, timing interplay, recognition infant cues. A convergent parallel mixed-methods design included quantitative measures: Karitane Parenting Confidence Scale, Mother-Infant Bonding Edinburgh Postn...

This research was intended to predict the self-efficacy of mothers, and psychiatric problems psychosocial development childrenaccording some variables, determine whether there is a relationship between maternal children's development. Mothers with one-three-year-old children who refered Family Health Centers in Erzincan, constitute universe research. Also, sample consists 128 mothers applied fo...

The purpose of the present study was to apply Berg and Upchurch's (2007) developmental-conceptual model to understand better how couples cope with cancer. Specifically, we hypothesized a dyadic appraisal model in which proximal factors (relational quality), dyadic appraisal (prognosis uncertainty), and dyadic coping (communication efficacy) predicted adjustment (cancer management). The study wa...

The study was designed to estimate the psychometric properties of Hastings and Brown's (2002a) Difficult Behavior Self-efficacy Scale. Participants were two samples of physical educators teaching in Korea (n=229) and the United States (U.S.; n=139). An initial translation of the questionnaire to Korean and pilot study were conducted along with the larger study using a confirmatory factor analys...