abstract background: selection and acceptance of appropriate sexual behavior and sexual function are made difficult by low sexual self‑efficacy in the postpartum period. the general purpose of this research is to define the effects of an 8‑week pelvic floor muscle exercise program on sexual self‑efficacy in primiparous women after childbirth. materials and methods: this clinical trial was perfo...

background and objective: different personality aspects including identity styles, self-efficacy, and cognitive abilities can play a certain role in successful learning result in high educational success. we assessed the value of identity styles, self-efficacy and metacognition beliefs for predicting the level of educational success in female high-school students. methods: in a cross-sectional ...

stress is not always a direct result of stressful conditions, but rather the way they are perceived. thus individual variables that may be associated with perceived stress should be examined in stress studies. this study investigates the intermediary role of self-efficacy in relation with stress, glycosylated haemoglobin and health-related quality of life in patients with type2 diabetes.all wom...

test is the majority of student’s life and test anxiety is an experience that has commonly been observed during exams. in fact, anxiety is a vague feeling and very uncomfortable that so often considered to be associated with one or more physical sense, for instance, the empty feeling of heart palpitations, headache and sweating. the purpose of this study is to investigate and to compare the sel...

By the advent of the 20th century, psychologists presented different learning theories; to the extent that one should consider this century as the time of prosperity and evolution of learning theories. Before 1950s, it was generally believed that learning was due to the impact of external stimulus, but from the 1950s onwards, researchers were challenged and conducted a series of studies that sh...

By the advent of the 20th century, psychologists presented different learning theories; to the extent that one should consider this century as the time of prosperity and evolution of learning theories. Before 1950s, it was generally believed that learning was due to the impact of external stimulus, but from the 1950s onwards, researchers were challenged and conducted a series of studies that sh...

objective: the present study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of two therapeutic approaches, namely, cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) and stages of change model (soc) on improving abstinence self-efficacy in adolescent addicts. methods: forty five self-referred adolescent addicts were randomly selected to take part in this study. initial assessment was made using the following quest...