Background: Breastfeeding is one of the most effective behaviors in health promotion and one of factor affecting its success, is breastfeeding self-efficacy. Low breastfeeding self-efficacy entails consequences such as early cessation of breastfeeding, reduction of exclusive breastfeeding, negative effect on sensation and performance. Regarding this study aimed to investigate the breastfeeding ...

Background This study aimed to assess the effects of maternal self-efficacy and oral health-related knowledge on pre-school children oral hygiene behavior. Materials and Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on 301 mothers with children aged 2–6 years old randomly selection from health centers of Tabriz, Iran.  Data were collected using self-report questionnaires including demographi...

The General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) is a measure of people's beliefs about their capacity to cope with life's demands. Self-efficacy may be particularly relevant in transitional stages such as in late adolescence, when young people make decisions that will impact their adult lives. In the present study, we aimed to validate an Arabic version of GSES among 355 Qatari young women aged 18+ year...

Intimates regularly confront their partners to motivate them to change undesirable behaviors. Nevertheless, contextual perspectives suggest that qualities of the partner may determine the implications of such attempts. Consistent with these ideas, a pilot study of romantic relationships, an observational study of newlyweds, and a diary study of married couples demonstrated that partner depressi...

objectives: chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus have negative effects on physical and mental health. depression is the most common psychological problems in this group of patients. the purpose of this study was to predict depression symptoms based on self-efficacy and social support. materials and methods: a total of 130 patients with diabetes recruited from several clinics in shiraz. th...

This research examined the relative effects of other-efficacy and self-efficacy beliefs in relation to individual performance within a cooperative dyadic setting. Pairs of female participants (M(age) = 20.08, SD = 1.93) performed three practice trials on a dyadic dance-based videogame. Other-efficacy and self-efficacy beliefs were then manipulated through the provision of bogus feedback regardi...

introduction: quality of life is individuals’ perception of their status in life in the context of the culture and value systems they live in. pregnancy has a great impact on mothers and their quality of life. prenatal classes provide mothers with information about pregnancy, labor process and newborn care. objective:the present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of prenatal classes on ...

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...

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 ...