background breast milk is the best and most effective food for infants and their survival and health. promotion of breastfeeding self-efficacy is a goal of breastfeeding education. the purpose of this research was to teach breastfeeding through role-playing and explore its effects on breastfeeding self-efficacy among pregnant women referring to healthcare centers of isfahan, iran. materials and...

conclusions nursing management and custodians of nursing trainings can break through the barriers to self-efficacy by knowing these factors and making changes in the educational programs and providing supporting policies. this can be an important step toward improving nurses’ inefficacy and ultimately improving the provision of quality healthcare services. objectives the present paper attempts ...

abstract aim and background: the purpose of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of multiple sclerosis self-efficacy scale (msss) in a sample population of iranian patients. methods and materials: this research is a descriptive-correlational study with a population of patients afflicted with ms from north khorasan and hamedan provinces. a number of 120 patients, who had ...

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...

background personal, behavioral, psychological, social and psychological factors disorders can influence the outbreak of psychological disorders. the study aimed to examine the prevalence and severity of depression and relationship with self-efficacy in diabetic patients of fereydan and chadegan cities. methods: the research was a descriptive-analytic and cross-sectional, which studies 403 pati...

Background: Given the negative impact of cancer on the quality of life, low self-efficacy and self-esteem are common in the patients suffering from cancer. This study aims to determine the relationship between self-efficacy and self-esteem in these patients.  Methods: This study was descriptive and cross-sectional and was conducted in Ayatollah Khansari Hospital in Arak. The obtained data were...

this study focuses on the relationship between lower-intermediate level efl learners’ metacognitive awareness and accuracy in self-assessment of a speaking test. we tried to raise the learners’ metacognitive awareness through practice in goal-setting and planning. to do so, 103 lower-intermediate level students took a pretest of speaking, completed a metacognitive awareness questionnaire, and h...

Severely and persistently depressed outpatients (n = 138) completed interpersonal circumplex measures of self-efficacy, problems, and values/goals. Compared with normative samples, patients showed deficits in agency: They reported less self-efficacy, especially for being assertive, tough, and influential; stronger goals, especially to avoid conflict or humiliation; and more problems, especially...