An investigation of the relationship between quality of life and selfefficacy of mothers of students with retardation Birjand County

Abstract

The present research started with the purpose of studying the relationship between sub-rite ions of living state and self-efficacy of the mothers of mentally retarded students in Birjand County. The census population of this research was the mothers of mentally retarded students of elementary and guidance schools of Brigand. Sample of the research was selected with the method of accessible sampling with 121 individuals. In order to gathering the data, two questionnaire of quality of living SF-36 and Schewarzer‘s general self-efficacy, handed to the members of the sample. The method of data analysis is correlation method. The results of the statistic analysis of data indicated that there‘s straight and meaningful connection between their self-efficacy and their common health state, limitation of physical (corporal) performance, physical health, psychic problems, liveliness and psychic health. In spite of the fact that the relevance of self-efficacy and the most of sub-criterions of quality of life is meaningful, as regards it‘s possible to improve self-efficacy by means of workshops and instructive courses. Thus, with the did of these hired of workshops and courses it‘s possible to improve symbols bond with the majority of sub-criterions of quality of life too.