Aims: Diabetes is considered as a chronic and complex disease that, if not addressed, will turn into a serious problem for countries. On the other hand, life expectancy as a multidimensional, dynamic and powerful healing factor plays an important role in adapting to the disease. The present study aimed at predicting life expectancy among the diabetic patients based on self-efficacy, self-esteem...

Background and Objective: Classroom management is key factor in achieving to effective teaching-learning process. There are several factors involved in the management of the classroom by faculty members. The purpose of this study was to investigate the structural model of competence, self-efficacy related to classroom management, and classroom management attitudes in the faculty members of Isfa...

Background: Considering the role of childbirth satisfaction on mood in the postpartum period and its possible role on breastfeeding self-efficacy, the present study was conducted to determine the relationship between childbirth satisfaction and lactation self-efficacy in women referred to comprehensive health centers in Kashan . Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 3...

Introduction: The purpose of present study was the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on reducing test anxiety and increasing self-efficacy in high school female students. Method: The design of the study was experimental, pre-test, and post-test with control group. Statistical population includes 60 high school female students of Siahkal city in 2014-2015 academic year. Statis...

Background and objectives: One of the variables that can influence improve education and teaching self-efficacy and thereby, it improves nurtured learning and thinking of students, is faculty orientation purposes. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between the components of goal orientation with learning practices and self-efficacy of professors of Medical Sciences. ...

Smoking is the most preventable cause of premature death in the world and its disadvantages impose heavy financial burden on the health system. Among the behavioral models of health education, the most applicable one in smoking cessation is Transtheoretical Model (TTM). This study aimed to detect the predictors of smoking cessation among hospital male personnel. The participants were 200 curren...

Objective: This study aimed at examining the pattern of the causal relationship of diffused identity and self-efficacy with addiction potential via the mediating role of sense seeking in female students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Method: The statistical population of this study consisted of the female students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in 2016 and sampling was conducted ...

Smoking is the most preventable cause of premature death in the world. And its disadvantages imposes heavy financial burden on the health system. Due to the great advances in health education, health care approach to identify factors associated with smoking cessation changed and models of health education emphasized, and most useful of them are transtheoretical model (TTM). This study examined ...