INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF TIME-MANAGEMENT SKILLS EDUCATION ON SELF-EFFICACY OF PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS OF SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of timemanagement skills education on self-efficacy of psychology students of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman. This study was an applied and semi-experimental research. The Survey population was the Psychology students of Shahid Bahonar University. Initially, 44 psychology students were randomly selected and randomly assignment they were divided to experimental and control groups. A pre-test was taken from the two groups. Then the experimental group was exposed to training sessions while the control group did not receive any training. After the pre test, thepost-test was conducted to determine the effect of experiment. Subjects completed the Sherer and colleagues (1982) self-efficacy questionnaire in pre-test and post-test. Data were analyzed by analysis of covariance. The results showed that time management skills education have a significant effect on selfefficacy. It also showed that this kind of education doesnt have a significant effect on different genders, but the education has a significant effect with respect to the time of education.