the purpose of this study was to investigate the rela- tionship among self-efficacy, self-esteem, test anxiety and efl learners’ final achievement scores. a number of 72 students majoring in english literature at shiraz university participated in this study. three ques- tionnaires, general perceived self-efficacy (gpse) scale, rosenberg self-esteem scale (rses), and test anxiety questionnaire (...

introduction: the present study sought to determine the relationship between perfectionism (positive or negative), self-efficacy, and test anxiety with self-handicapping behaviors. method: the research method was a descriptive and correlational study. for this study, 428 students were chosen from different high schools in shiraz as the participants, using random cluster sampling. the perfection...

abstract background: women’s sexual self‑esteem is one of the most important factors that affect women’s sexual satisfaction and their sexual anxiety. various aspects of sexual life are blended with the entire personality. determining the relationship between personality traits and self‑concept aspects such as sexual self‑esteem leads to better understanding of sexual behavior in people with di...

abstract background: gifted individuals have exclusive personality traits and need various experiences to achieve more information about themselves and their ability into developmental process from giftedness to talent. also, they can increase mental experiences and obtain greater self- actualization with recognition of the level of challenges, values and their personality traits. the aim of th...

conclusions considering the level of learning motivation among the students in aspects of self-efficacy conception, self-management, and communication abilities, it is recommended to provide programs to develop these characteristics by cooperative learning method based on social constructivism theory. patients and methods this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on the rehabilitatio...

abstract introduction: psychological theories and literature have confirmed self-destructiveness patterns in human beings. chronic self-destructiveness has been defined as a tendency to behaviors that increase negative consequences and decrease potential success in the future. the aim of this study was to investigate prediction of chronic self-destructiveness based on the depression symptoms, i...

methods the current cross sectional study included all female high school students in tehran in the 2014 - 2015 academic year. of these, 477 females were selected by multistage cluster sampling. results the results of the correlation matrix was indicative of a significant negative relationship between self-esteem and self-concept clarity with social comparison (p < 0.000). there was a significa...

background: the main purpose of medical education system is that the students achieve the highest levels of learning and professional competency. training of skilled physicians is based on three domains including educational planning, environment, and psychological situation. methods: our study is a descriptive-analysis, conducted on 119 students including medical, nursing and midwifery groups ...

conclusions educating health promotion strategies was effective in improving self-care self-efficacy in patients undergoing kidney transplantation. establishment of a holistic caring program is suggested to integrate the pre-transplantation educations with a continual post discharge follow-up. results in the intervention group, the mean of total self-care self-efficacy was 106.96 ± 25.1 at firs...