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...

This study was set out to shed light on the efficacy of pushed output directed by scaffolding on 41 (24 female and 17 male) upper-intermediate EFL learners’ speaking fluency and accuracy. A public version of IELTS speaking test was held to measure learners’ entrance behavior. Then, they were randomly assigned into symmetrical, asymmetrical, and control group. The experimental and control groups...

the present study was conducted to compare the effect of individual and group pre-task planning on efl learners’ accuracy and complexity in speaking. to fulfill the purpose of the study, 60 intermediate female learners at the first grade of high school were chosen by means of a sample preliminary english test (pet) and randomly divided into two experimental groups of 30 students; the individual...

it is well documented that language learning success or failure is influenced by the affective side of the learner. self-efficacy and anxiety are among the affective factors influencing language learning. this study first explores the relationship between efl learners' self-efficacy in reading comprehension and their reading anxiety. secondly, it explores the relationship between efl learners' ...

Self-efficacy is a vital determinant of students’ future accomplishments or setbacks and has been recognized as significant influencer their motivation to learn, intimately linked with academic achievement. Nonetheless, English learners often grapple lack self-efficacy in speaking skills. In order investigate the current state undergraduate translation self-efficacy, quantitative research desig...

results the data revealed that self-efficacy (p < 0.001) and social support (p < 0.001) are indicators than can significantly anticipate levels of adjustment in diabetic patients. moreover, it has been revealed that self-efficiency plays a significant and, indeed, fundamental role in adjustment anticipation. conclusions it can be concluded that self-efficacy and social support are important in ...

background: hemophilia is a chronic bleeding disease and can interfere with daily performance of children. these children require continuous training to prevent bleeding. since children nurses play an important role in the education of sick children and their self-efficacy and the increase use of educational computer games, the use of educational games for teaching self-efficacy to children wit...

objective: the present study was carried out to investigate the effects of group narrative therapy on enhancing self-esteem and self-efficacy of 20 iranian male orphan adolescents (13-18 years of age). methods: participants were randomly assigned to the experimental and control group. then, a 10-week group therapy was performed. outcome measures included the rosenberg selfesteem inventory and t...

background & aim : perceived self-efficacy could lead to self-management behaviors among diabetic patients and the diabetes management self-efficacy scale (dmses) assesses the extent to which diabetic patients are confident that they can manage diabetes. however, the iranian version of dmses was not available. the objective of this study was the translation and psychometric evaluation of the ir...