Study the Relationship between General Self- Efficiency, Mood and Trait Anxiety among Police Officers

Self-efficacy points out to one’s beliefs and perceptions from own abilities and sense of competence in own abilities in various areas of life (job، school، interpersonal relationships etc.) and overcome probable problems. Based on previous studies، self-efficacy is one of a factors affect anxiety. Current study conducted with the aim of study a relationship between self-efficacy، mood and trait anxiety. The study population included all police officers of Urmia city in West Azarbaijan Province that 300 cases were selected by cluster sampling method، and Sherer General Self-efficacy questionnaire and Spielbereger mood-trait anxiety questionnaire (1983) were completed with individuals. The results showed that self-efficacy has significant and negative relationship with both variables of trait anxiety (P<0. 0001، r= -0. 68) and mood anxiety (P>0. 001، r=-0. 76). The current study revealed that there is a negative relationship between self-efficacy and mood-trait anxiety، so that individuals with high self-efficacy has low anxiety and vice versa.