the relationship between irrational beliefs and sense of agency with mathematical self-efficacy beliefs in sirjan azad university students

Students are the future generation of society, and their irrational beliefs and sense of agency can spread to society, especially if it is related to the problem of mathematical self-efficacy. therefore, this research was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between irrational beliefs and sense of agency with mathematical self-efficacy in students of sirjan azad university. the research was of the correlation type and the students were studying in the second semester of the academic year 1400-401 of the researched society. the sample was 351 students who were selected using the available method. the data were obtained by jones (1969), mathematical self-efficacy of betz and hackett (1983), rutter’s sense of agency (1966). the data was analyzed by pearson’s correlation coefficient statistical method and spss software version 22. data analysis showed that there is a significant relationship between irrational beliefs and sense of agency with math self-efficacy in students of sirjan azad university. also, the results showed that there is a significant difference between male and female students in terms of irrational beliefs, sense of agency (p<0.001).