Predicting Self-Efficacy of Female High School Students Based on their Mother's Personality Traits

Aim of this study was to predict self-efficacy of girls based on personality traits of their mothers. Method study was correlational. The sample was 351 females who were selected by random clustered sampling from high school students in Alborz province. Research instruments were the NEO Personality Inventory by MacCrae and Costa (1985) and Self-efficacy Scale by Sherer & at.al (1982). The result showed that conscientiousness of mothers was the only predictive variable which could predict daughter's self-efficacy. Regression coefficient of self-efficacy (β=0.226) showed a positive relationship between mothers conscientiousness with their daughters self-efficacy (P<0.002). Also the average score of girls with regression coefficient (β=0.330) represented a significant and positive correlation with their self-efficacy (P<0.0001), and maternal age with regression coefficient (β=-0.105) indicated a significant and negative correlation with daughters’ self- efficacy (P<0.37). Therefore, considering the effect of both mothers’ role of responsibility and low maternal age gap on the self-efficacy of their daughters, it is necessary to increase self-efficacy of daughters by enriching the responsibility resources of mothers and encouraging mothers to have children at young age.