Introduction: The present study aimed at determining the effect of social media on breast cancer knowledge and health behaviors of the women. Methods: The data were collected from 476 women who had willing to participate in the study, using Google forms on social media from February to May 2018. Results: The results indicated that the time spent on social media decreased, and self- efficacy a...

Introduction: The present study aimed at determining the effect of social media on breast cancer knowledge and health behaviors of the women. Methods: The data were collected from 476 women who had willing to participate in the study, using Google forms on social media from February to May 2018. Results: The results indicated that the time spent on social media decreased, and self- efficacy a...

In this longitudinal study, the authors introduced goal orientation theory to the study of cross-cultural adjustment. The authors examined relationships among dispositional goal orientation, domain-specific self-efficacy, and cross-cultural adjustment. Results indicated that a learning orientation was positively related to sojourners' academic and social self-efficacy, whereas a performance ori...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine the association between social support, self-efficacy, and functioning among a sample of depressed older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS Participants were recruited immediately following admission to an acute pulmonary rehabilitation unit of a rehabilitation hospital. One hundred and fifty-six subjects comp...

s conclusions: “Having better provider-patient communication, having social support, and having higher self-efficacy was associated with performing diabetes self-care behaviors; and these behaviors were directly linked to glycemic control. So longitudinal studies are needed to explore the effect of self-efficacy, social support and PPC on changes in diabetes self-care behaviors and glycemic con...

PURPOSE This study is to analyze the effects of medical students' social support and career barriers on career exploration behavior mediated by career decision-making self-efficacy. METHODS We applied the t-test to investigate the difference among the variables based on gender and admission types. Also, we performed path analysis to verify the effect of perceived career barriers and social su...

background: lifestyle-modification programs including physical activity are essential for both treatment and prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus ( t2dm ). however, factors associated with physical activity among patients are poorly understood. this study applied social-cognitive theory (sct) for predicting determinants of physical activity among women with t2dm in iran, 2013. methods: in thi...

The purpose of this study was to test variables consistently identified in the adult HIV literature as predictors of adherence (self-efficacy, social support, and psychological distress) in a sample of 24 HIV-positive youth (ages 16-24). Self-efficacy and psychological distress were significantly correlated with adherence but social support was not. Social support specific to taking medications...