Stress, Meta-cognitive Beliefs and Psychopathology with Perceived Self-efficacy in Medical Emergency Staff

S. Ehsan Golestaneh, Javad Khalatbari, Biyok Tajeri

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between stress, meta-cognitive beliefs and psychopathology with perceived self-efficacy in the emergency medical staff of Bushehr province. The method of this research is descriptive correlational. The statistical population of this study is all medical personnel of Bushehr province in 2016, numbering about 160 people. The sample of this research consists of 141 people from the mentioned society. A simple random sampling method was used using Morgan's table. The tools used in this study were Perceptual Stress Questionnaire, Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ-30), SCL-90-R and self-efficacy scale (1982). The results showed that there is a negative and significant relationship between stress and perceived effectiveness in emergency medical personnel. There is a significant positive correlation between metacognitive beliefs and perceived self-efficacy in emergency medical personnel. There is a negative and significant relationship between psychopathology and perceived self-efficacy in emergency medical personnel. The metacognitive beliefs, psychopathology and stress are predictive of perceived self-efficacy in emergency medical staff, respectively.

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