Research Self-Efficacy and Its Related Factors in Students of North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences

Research self-efficacy can be expressed as peoplechr('39')s judgments about their research abilities to organize and execute a series of tasks to achieve the specified research functions. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate studentschr('39') research self-efficacy of North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences.

The present study was a cross-sectional study performed on 240 students of North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences. Students were selected by stratified random sampling. The students chr('39')demographic information questionnaire and studentschr('39') research self-efficacy questionnaire were used to collecting data. Data analysis was performed by SPSS20 software using descriptive statistics (including mean, standard deviation frequency, and percentage) and inferential statistics.

According to the study results, the frequency of female students was 155 (66.8%). The mean and standard deviation of the age of students was 22.2±3.6 years. The mean and standard deviation of total self-efficacy is 151.24 ± 36.02, mean and standard deviation of statistical and analytical self-efficacy metrics 32.22 ± 10.25, self-efficacy in conceptualization 35.52 ± 8.99, self-efficacy in the method and implementation 31.41 ± 7.05, self-efficacy in qualitative research 3 12.59±4.9, reporting self-efficacy was 18.69 ± 5.76, self-efficacy in skills and proficient was 15.66 ± 3.64, and self-efficacy in ethics was 9.38 ± 2.86.

This study showed that research self-efficacy is moderate, and appropriate educational interventions are needed to promote it.