The Focal Analysis of the Relationship BetweenIneffective Mothers' Attitudes with Self-Efficacy and Coping Styles

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between dysfunctional attitudes of mothers with self-efficacy and coping styles of girl students. 400 students (200 male students of humanities in 19th grade educational district of Tehran and 200 mothers of the same girls) were selected by random cluster sampling and by responding to the Long-form of Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (Beck & Weisman, 1978), General Self-Efficacy Scale (Sherer et al., 1982) and the Coping Style Inverntory (Billings & Mouse, 1981) participated in this study. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between dysfunctional attitudes of mothers and girls’ self-efficacy and coping strategies, and the results of focal analysis showed that all three focal roots were statistically significant and 42% of self-efficacy, 12% of coping style and 19% of emotion-focused style variance can be explained by dysfunctional attitudes. Accordingly, mothers' dysfunctional attitudes can be considered as one of the predictors of self-efficacy and coping strategies of girls, and at the level of policy-making, planning and parenting education.