Testing the Structural Relationships P R between Researching Self-Efficacy, the Social Factors and Researching-Educational Environment with Researching-Educational Performance Students of Higher Education

This study aimed testing the structural relationships between self-efficacy of researching, the social factors and researching-educational environment with researching-educational performance in students of higher education. The research method was descriptive and correlational. Statistical population includes all 4180 Graduate students Colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy and Nursing of Medical Sciences Mashhad through Cochran formula sample 183 students were determined and were selected through stratified random sampling method. For the collection of required data questionnaires self-efficacy of researching, educational-researching environment, social factors and educational-researching questionnaire were used. The correlation matrix, path analysis and Goodness of Fit Index with use of software Lisrel 8.5 were used for data analysis. With the implementation of structural equation modeling, It was found that the proposed model is a good fit (NNFI=0.92, RMSEA=0.067). Although the overall proposed model was a good fit but as the results showed Path coefficients g the social factors and researching-educational environment to self-efficacy of researching and performance were not significant, so that only coefficient β self-efficacy of researching to performance was significant. The results of this reserch supports of the mediating role of self-efficacy in relation the social factors and researching-educational environment with performance.