Relationship between Self-Efficacy and Learning and Study Strategies in Nursing and Midwifery Students of Hamedan University of Medical Sciences

Self-efficacy as well as learning and study strategies improve students’ academic performance through facilitating learning. The present study was conducted to determine the relationship between self-efficacy and learning and study strategies of nursing and midwifery student of Hamedan University of Medical Sciences. This was a correlation study. All of Hamadan nursing and midwifery students were selected using census method. Data were collected with «Learning and Study Strategies Inventory: LASSI» and «General Self-Efficacy» questionnaires and analyzed with descriptive and analytical statistics. Five hundred students completed the questionnaires (response rate was 91%). There was a significant positive correlation between self-efficacy scores and each of the ten areas of learning and study strategies (P<0. 01) and between each of the ten areas of learning and study strategies (P<0. 01) and also self-efficacy (P<0. 05) with the students’ point averages of the previous semester. There was a significant difference between gender and attitude، focus، and motivation (P<0. 05). Female students had better attitude، focus، and motivation for learning. There was a significant negative relationship between anxiety، information processing (P<0. 05)، attitude، focus، motivation، selecting main ideas، testing strategies (P<0. 01) also self-efficacy (P<0. 01) and semesters spent at the university. Students with high self-efficacy use more learning and study strategies. Self-efficacy can improve their academic achievement and their ability to learn.