Predicting Self-Efficacy of Female High School Students Based on their Mother’s Personality Traits

Subject Areas : Educational

esmat danesh ¹ , Nersanga nikoomanesh ² , mina shamshiri ³ , nargess salimi nia ⁴

1 - عضو هیأت علمی گروه روان‌شناسی بالینی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرج، ایران
2 - کارشناس ارشد روان‌شناسی شخصیت دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد علوم و تحقیقات تهران، ایران
3 - کارشناس ارشد روان‌شناسی شخصیت دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرج، ایران
4 - دانشجوی دکترای روان‌شناسی تربیتی دانشگاه علوم مالزی، ایران

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2017-10-17

Keywords: Self-efficacy, mothers, Personality traits, female high school students,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to predict self-efficacy of girls based on personality traits of their mothers. Method of study was correlational. The sample consisted of  351 females who were selected by random clustered sampling from high school students in Alborz province. Research instruments were the NEO Personality Inventory (MacCrae and Costa, 1985) and Self-efficacy Scale (Sherer at.al, 1982). The result showed that conscientiousness of mothers was the only predictive variable which could predict daughters' self-efficacy. Regression coefficient of self-efficacy (&beta=0.226) showed a positive relationship between mothers conscientiousness with their daughters self-efficacy (P < 0.002). Also the average score of girls with regression coefficient (&beta=0.330) represented a significant and positive correlation and their self-efficacy (P < 0.0001), and maternal age with regression coefficient (&beta=-0.105) indicated a significant and negative correlation with daughters’ self- efficacy (P < 0.37). Therefore, considering the effect of both mothers’ role of responsibility and low maternal age gap with daughters on the self-efficacy of their daughters, it is necessary to increase self-efficacy of daughters by enriching the responsibility resources of mothers and encouraging mothers to have children at young age.

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