The Relationship between Learning Motivation and Self Efficacy among Nursing Students

Introduction: self-efficacy and learning motivation are two important variables for professional learning, leading to academic success. nursing students’ learning motivation and self-efficacy have been considered in different studies separately, therefore this study aimed to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy and learning motivation among nursing students. methods: this is a descriptive-correlational study, carried out at tabriz university of medical sciences in 2013-14. data was gathered with questionnaires about science motivation and self-efficacy for professional nursing competence and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics through spss software (version 13).results: the learning motivation and self-efficacy of the nursing students was 67.89±14.12 and 68.10±14.50, respectively. there was a significant correlation between learning motivation and self-efficacy (p < 0.001).conclusion: due to the significant relationship between learning motivation and self-efficacy in professional nursing competency, it is suggested that an increase in learning motivation could be associated with the promotion of self-efficacy in professional nursing competency in nursing students.