Introduction: The present study aimed at determining the effect of social media on breast cancer knowledge and health behaviors of the women. Methods: The data were collected from 476 women who had willing to participate in the study, using Google forms on social media from February to May 2018. Results: The results indicated that the time spent on social media decreased, and self- efficacy a...

The concept of teacher efficacy has received significant attention in educational contexts in the recent years and has been empirically probed at 2 levels: individual teacher efficacy and collective teacher efficacy. Having their origins in the social cognitive theory, teacher and collective efficacy perceptions are quite distinct constructs, each affecting educational decisions and student ach...

Introduction: The present study aimed at determining the effect of social media on breast cancer knowledge and health behaviors of the women. Methods: The data were collected from 476 women who had willing to participate in the study, using Google forms on social media from February to May 2018. Results: The results indicated that the time spent on social media decreased, and self- efficacy a...

OBJECTIVE To determine physical activity (PA) self-efficacy correlates in breast cancer survivors. METHODS Mail survey of 192 breast cancer survivors. RESULTS Structural equation analyses demonstrated significant and direct associations for perceived PA barriers (beta=-.29), fatigue (beta=-.24), social support (beta=.12), enjoyment (beta=.12), and prediagnosis PA (beta=.11) with barriers se...

In this longitudinal study, the authors introduced goal orientation theory to the study of cross-cultural adjustment. The authors examined relationships among dispositional goal orientation, domain-specific self-efficacy, and cross-cultural adjustment. Results indicated that a learning orientation was positively related to sojourners' academic and social self-efficacy, whereas a performance ori...

OBJECTIVES The study investigated self-efficacy as a possible mediator of the relationship between the social support and depressive symptoms of primarily informal caregivers, mainly family members, of patients with dementia in Hong Kong. METHOD One hundred and thirty-four caregivers were interviewed. Path analyses were conducted using a self-efficacy scale that consists of three subscales as...

objectives the aim of this study was to identify the relation between physical activity level and the structures of trans-theoretical model (ttm). materials and methods this cross-sectional study was conducted on 423 female students of tonekabon in iran. participants completed the demographic questionnaires, the ttm’s structural questionnaires as well as the international physical activity ques...

menopause is one of the steps in women’s life which is accompanied by reducing physical and psychological abilities. because estrogen and other hormonal influences during menopause affect the brain's regulation of mood, hormonal changes can cause some women to experience anxiety during menopause. anxiety is a psychological state characterized by excessive and persistent worry, tension and ...

conclusions the present study showed that life skills training program did not affect self-efficacy of nursing students. perhaps, the methods used in education were influencing and then, more effective techniques such as role-play and group discussion should be substituted in life skills training. results in the untrained and trained groups, 23% and 8% of the students had very high self-efficac...

a b s t r a c t abstract- methamphetamine has rapidly become more prominent in iran, which is now second most common drug behind heroin. moreover, initiation of methamphetamine abuse is a major cause of failure of opioid treatment programs such as methadone maintenance treatment. this calls for development of more effective treatment methods for methamphetamine addiction, and especially develop...