Prediction of general self-efficacy of Allameh Tabatabaei University students based on their life quality

This study aims to predict general self-efficacy of Allameh Tabatabaei University students based on the quality of their lives. To achieve this purpose, 230 students were selected by multi-stage random sampling method among the students of Economics, Literature and Foreign Languages, Law, Political Science, Social Science, Management, Accounting, Psychology and Educational Sciences. The research method was based on correlation. Participants were tested using quality-of-life (SF-36) and general-self-efficacy (GSE) questionnaires. Statistical analysis was carried out employing multivariate regression. The results showed that there is a positive correlation between general self-efficacy and students’ quality of life components like public health, mental health, happiness-vitality and physical functioning, and there exists a negative correlation between bodily pain and general self-efficacy