Investigating The Relationship Of Educational Dynamics To Classroom Absenteeism And Self-Efficacy Beliefs Of Medical Students

Abstract

The present study probed into the relationship of educational dynamics to medical students’ tendency to be absent from classes and their self-efficacy beliefs. This study enjoyed a descriptive-correlational design, and its results were applied. The statistical population of the research involved all students of medical sciences faculties in Kermanshah city. Concerning the extensiveness of the Nursing, Midwifery, Medical, Paramedical, and Health Faculties of the Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, 384 students were selected and explored according to Morgan Table (the highest number of this scale). The sampling method was cluster random sampling. The instruments employed in this research consisted of the educational dynamics questionnaire of Shafiepour et al. (2018), researcher-made questionnaire of absenteeism from specialized classes, and self-efficacy scale of Sherer et al. (1982). For data analysis, the researchers employed the descriptive statistics indices (frequency, mean, standard deviation, and graphs) and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to examine data distribution. The PLS software was also used for the test of hypotheses. All relationships present in the research model were confirmed (t ≥ 1.96). It meant that educational dynamics significantly associated with a tendency to absenteeism and self-efficacy beliefs.