Introduction: Health promoting behaviors are one of the key determinants of health. One of the most important situations in which health promoting behaviors are of particular ‎importance, is about female marginalized households. Therefore, this study was ‎conducted to determine the mean scores of health promoting behaviors and its six ‎dimensions, and also its relation to self-efficacy, social ...

  Present research aimed to investigate the Relationship between self- efficacy and mental health. To this aim, 300 high school boys and girls in the third grade were chosen through cluster sampling. The tools employed in this research were as follows: self- efficacy scale (Sharer, et.al 1982) and symptom checklist- 90- Rivis scale (SCL- 90- R). The collected data was analyzed using t- test for...

Background & Aims: Self-efficacy beliefs are one of the most important ways to achieve goals and success in various fields. One of the fields that self-efficacy has important role in it is the search for health information. This study aimed to determine the level of self-efficacy and its relationship with health information-seeking behavior of mothers of children below two years old referring t...

Background: Health literacy is the capacity of a person to obtain, process, and understand basic health information for appropriate health decision making. Self-efficacy is the assurance that is felt about a particular activity which maintains and promotes effective health behaviors.  Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between health literacy and self-efficacy...

Introduction: Academic self-efficacy refers to an individual's belief in his abilities to achieve educational goals and activities, which its formation is affected by many factors. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between psychological wellbeing, family cohesion, and spiritual health among students of Kharazmi University. Methods: In this descriptive correlation study duri...

Background and purpose: Oral health is one of the most important branches in public health. Great emphasis has been put on this issue by WHO in the department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion (CHP). This issue needs more attention regarding the health of pregnant women and their fetus. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 340 pregnant women who were selecte...

Received: 19 Aug, 2015 Accepted: 22 Oct, 2015 Abstract Background & Aims: Obesity is one of the mental health problems in the world that have important risk factors for mental and physical health. Self-efficacy is an important component that plays critical role in reduction of women weight. This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on enhancing s...