Tayebeh Dehghani FiroozAbadi (MA; Sayedeh Khadijeh Aryan(PhD)
Volume 5, Issue 15 , January 2010, , Pages 125-148
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of positive self-talk training on increasing the women’s general self-efficacy beliefs. In this study, Sherer’s General Self-Efficacy scale (GSE, 1982) was used, the reliability of which from Cronbach’s coefficient ...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of positive self-talk training on increasing the women’s general self-efficacy beliefs. In this study, Sherer’s General Self-Efficacy scale (GSE, 1982) was used, the reliability of which from Cronbach’s coefficient Alpha is 0.86 and 0.71 for general and social self-efficacy subscales respectively.Subjects were married women who referred to family training center of Imam Khomeini Relief Committee in west of Tehran Province. Volunteers for training sessions were interviewed and 24 persons were randomly selected and assigned into 2 groups each with 12 persons. All answered to the self-efficacy questionnaire. The control group didn’t receive any treatment. The experimental group received training for 8 sessions of 1.5 hours based on techniques of cognitive therapy and positive self-talk. At the end, both groups answered again the GSE scale and the data were analyzed with t-test for means of the 2 independent groups. Results indicated that this training was effective on increasing the women’s general self-efficacy beliefs.
