. Amir Tiyuri; . Behzad Saberi; . Mohammadreza Miri; . Ehsan Shahrestanaki; . Beyram Bibi Bayat; . Hamid Salehiniya
Volume 8, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Research self‑efficacy is one of the main factors influencing the successfulconduction of research and following it in students. This study was performed with the aim ...
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BACKGROUND: Research self‑efficacy is one of the main factors influencing the successfulconduction of research and following it in students. This study was performed with the aim ofdetermining the research self‑efficacy and its relationship with academic performance in postgraduatestudents of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) in 2016.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross‑sectional study was performed on 320 postgraduatestudents of TUMS in 2016. Proportional stratified sampling was done with simple random samplingfrom each school. The data were gathered with Phillips and Russell’s research self‑efficacyquestionnaire, demographic questions, and grade point average (GPA) and were analyzed withindependent t‑tests, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation, and multiple linear regressions in SPSS 18.RESULTS: Out of 320 students participating in this study, 152 patients (47.5%) were male and168 (52.5%) were female with the mean age of 27.83 ± 4.3 years. The mean of research self‑efficacyscore was 186.18 ± 59.5 which was significant depended on college degrees and was significantlyhigher in doctorate students (P = 0.0001). However, no significant difference was seen in researchself‑efficacy score of students due to gender (P = 0.754) and school (P = 0.364). There was a significantdirect relationship between students’ GPA and research self‑efficacy score (r = 0.393, P = 0.0001).CONCLUSIONS: Results of this study showed that the research self‑efficacy score of TUMSpostgraduate students is at an acceptable level, except the quantitative and computer skills thatneed appropriate educational interventions. As a direct and significant relationship existed betweenresearch self‑efficacy score and student’s academic performance, improving the research self‑efficacywill also increase students’ academic performance.
