The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the dimensions of epistemological beliefs, self-efficacy and academic achievement in physical sciences (physics, chemistry). To achieve this end, 475 students (241 females and 235 males) were selected from 10 guidance schools in Shiraz through selective sampling. Their average age was 13 with the standard deviation of 6 mon...

Background & Aim: Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic metabolic diseases, which requires special self-care behaviors until the end of life. Self-efficacy is the belief that a person has about his/her abilities to execute behaviors and behavioral outcomes. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between self-care and self-efficacy in type 2 diabetic patients r...

Background & Aims: Patients with intestinal stoma experience periods of psychological and physical disorders, including disturbances in self-efficacy. It is presumed that factors such as emotional intelligence could be associated with self-efficacy in these patients. The present study aimed to determine the correlation between emotional intelligence and self-efficacy in patients with intestinal...

AbstractObjectives: The aim of the present research was studying the relationship between "parent’s education, father's job and the number of siblings" and the perceived self-efficacy in social interactions with peers in junior high school students. The relation between academic achievement and social self-efficacy was also studied. Method: In a descriptive cross-sectional study 398 junior high...

Objectives The present study determined the correlation of self-concept and self-efficacy with self-management among elderly in the sanatoriums in Tehran in2015. Methods & Materials This descriptive-analytic research, conducted in a cross-sectional study, enrolled 217 elderlies from the sanatoriums of Tehran in 2015 via a simple random sampling method. Three tools including Rogers self-concept...

  Background & Aims: Stoma surgery is one of the events that strongly influences individual life and causes major changes in life style . Self-efficacy as a personal coping resource can facilitate adaptation with these changes . So the aim of this study was to assess self-efficacy and the related factors in ostomates.   Material & Methods: It was a cross-sectional study. Eighty four patients wi...

Introduction:Elderly people encounter with multiple disabilities, stress, anxiety and challenges, which effect on their quality of life. Self-efficacy may encourage them to improve self-care activities, challenges, life satisfaction and quality of their life. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate general self-efficacy and the related factors among elderly in residential home ...

Objectives Self-efficacy is a very important factor as far as old age is concerned. Because of the numerous physical and physiological changes occurring in elder’s bodies, self-efficacy has  initiated a broad discussion among experts. Numerous studies have revealed that self-efficacy is one of the most important predictors of health behaviors among the elderly and adults in gener...