abstract background: in nursing, self-efficacy is quite critical for skill performance. some factors might influence and predict self-efficacy in nurses. thus, the present study aimed to investigate self-efficacy and the factors predicting nurses’ self-efficacy in clinical setting. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 264 nurses were selected from five hospitals affiliated to s...

This study highlights Syrian communication practices using comparative tests with the United States communication as a baseline. Additionally, theoretical findings on individualism and collectivism theory are extended to include findings from Syria. Multivariate Analysis of Covariance was used to test culture's effect in demographically similar (in age, SES, and education) student convenience s...

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...

conclusions according to our findings, supplementing drug abuse treatment with cognitive behavior therapy, particularly pse, can reduce relapse rate and enhance self efficacy and self esteem among patients. objectives the current study attempted to clarify the effects of problem solving education (pse) on relapse rate, self efficacy and self esteem among drug abusers. patients and methods this ...

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...

Social media have become ubiquitous in our lives. To meet with the calls to examine social media usage in cross-cultural contexts, the study conducted a longitudinal survey to explore bilateral relationships between social media usage, self-efficacy and cultural intelligence. Based on Social Cognitive Theory, findings indicate that both informational and socializing usage of social media increa...

Current models of autobiographical memory suggest that self-identity guides autobiographical memory retrieval. Further, the capacity to recall the past and imagine one's self in the future (mental time travel) can influence social problem solving. We examined whether manipulating self-identity, through an induction task in which students were led to believe they possessed high or low self-effic...