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The Role of Identity Style and Locus of Control in Prediction of Self-efficacy Among Teachers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

S. Ghahari ,
I. Moradi ,
B. Gheitarani  and
R. Safari
S. Ghahari
Affiliation:
Iran University of Medical Science, Center of Excellence in Psychiatry, School of Behavioral Sciences, Mental Health, Tehran, Iran
I. Moradi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Azad University, Tonekaboon, Iran
B. Gheitarani
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Azad University, Tonekaboon, Iran
R. Safari
Affiliation:
IranIran

Abstract

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Identity style and locus of control are of the most important strategic variables in determining the characteristics of people personality. So, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between identity style, locus of control and self-efficacy among teachers of Khodabandeh city in Iran during the academic year 2014–2015.

Methods

Among all teachers in Khodabandeh city during 2014–2015 academic year (419 teachers), 120 were selected using systematic random sampling method. All of them completed identity Style Inventory (ISI), Levenson Multidimensional Scale of Locus of Control and General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE-10). For data analysis correlation and regression analysis (stepwise) was used.

Finding

Data analysis showed a significant correlation between teachers’ identity style, locus of control and their self-efficacy (P < 0.05).

Conclusion

Due to the results, it can be concluded that identity style and locus of control can predict self-efficacy in teachers.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Keywords

Identity styleLocus of controlSelf-efficacy
Type
e-Poster Viewing: Personality and personality disorders
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S712 - S713
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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