investigation of the relationship between spiritual health and self-efficacy in students of isfahan university of medical sciences

In the recent years, spirituality and its effect on people’s health have become a subject of interest. identifying the factors related to spiritual well-being, especially for students as the educated class and future decision-makers of the society, is very important. the present study was carried out in order to determine the relationship between spiritual well-being and self-efficacy in students of isfahan university of medical sciences. this descriptive-correlational study was carried out during year 2014. one-hundred and seventy-five students of medical, health and modern science technology colleges of isfahan university were selected by random sampling. the data was collected via demographic specification, spirituality well-being and self-efficacy questionnaires, and the information was analyzed by the spss software using descriptive statistics, t-test, pearson and regression correlation coefficient. the significance level was considered lower than 0.01%. in total, 175 students including 75 males and 100 females participated in the study. the mean age of the participants was 23.8 ± 0.29 years. about 70% of the students were single and the remaining were married. with respect to education, 47.7% had bachelor of science (bs), 28.4% had master of science (ms) and the remaining were phd students. the mean score of the students under study was 97.5 and the mean score of self-efficacy was estimated as 33.41. there was a positive significant relationship between spiritual well-being and self-efficacy (r = 0.41 and p < 0.0001). in the present study, spiritual well-being had a direct relationship with self-efficacy. as for the importance of spirituality in mental health, it is suggested to make arrangements in order to promote self-efficacy in students.