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...

the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between coaching self-efficacy and iran premier league wrestlers' sport commitment. the research method was descriptive-correlation. the wrestlers from 8 teams (n=120) including all wrestlers in iran premier league (2012) completed demographic questionnaire, coaching self-efficacy scale (feltz et al., 1999), and sport commitment questio...

the main aim of the present study was to examine the mediation effect of sport self-efficacy on the relationship between dimensions of perfectionism and competitive anxiety in a sample of iranian athletes. 233 volunteer athletes (145 boys, 88 girls) from different sport fields participated in this study. all participants were required to complete the competitive perfectionism scale (cps), the m...

abstract the present study attempted to investigate the relationship between english language teacher perfectionism, teacher burnout, and teacher efficacy. for the purpose of the study, 114 teachers in tabadkan district, mashhad, were chosen. eighty-three of the participants were female and thirty-one were male with different majors in english language. three questionnaires, namely the scale on...

background: coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (cabg) and precutaneous transluminal coronary intervention (pci) are safe and effective in the treatment of coronary artery disease. the aim of this study was to determine and compare anxi­ety, self efficacy expectation and perceived social support between cabg patients and pci patients referral to receiving car­diac rehabilitation programs. m...

Background & aim: Many parents do not believe in their ability to fulfill their parental responsibilities. Parental self-efficacy is crucial to parents’ sense of well-being and is considered a predictor for quality of life. However, evidence is scarce on the factors that influence parents’ perception of efficacy. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the predictors for parental self-effica...

conclusions based on the findings of the study, it can be concluded that self-efficacy beliefs and social support play effective roles in preventing patients from addiction relapse. results findings revealed significant differences between participants without relapse and participants with relapse in terms of “self-efficacy beliefs” and “social support”. the two variables of self-efficacy belie...