en روانشناسی Psychology پژوهشي Original Research Articles <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objectives:</strong> Considering the negative effect of self-handicapping on both mental and physical health and the positive effect of self-efficacy on success and efficacy of people, this research has been conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of meta-cognitive skills training on self-handicapping and self-efficacy of students.&nbsp;<br> <strong>Methods:</strong> This research is an experimental study with pre/post-test, and 28 student participants were allocated to experimental and control groups randomly (14 persons per group). Jones and Rhodewalt Self-Handicapping Scale, Sherer and Maddux Self-Efficacy Scale, and Raven Standard Progressive Matrices Test had been utilized for data collecting. The meta-cognitive training program was provided to the experimental group within two months in six sessions while students of the control group did not receive any training.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> Covariance analysis proposes that meta-cognitive training has a significant effect on decreasing self-handicapping in experimental group; however, there are no significant differences in the results of self-efficacy post-test in both experimental and control groups.<br> <strong>Discussion:</strong> Findings of the present study suggest that meta-cognitive skills training- as an effective training program- could be used for decreasing students&rsquo; self-handicapping. But with regards to the effectiveness of meta-cognitive skills training on self-efficacy, it is revealed that more variables are involved, and it needs further investigation.</div> Metacognition, Self-handicapping, Self-efficacy 69 76 http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-630-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Shahrbanou Javidan sh.javidan@gmail.com 0000-0001-7625-016X Yes Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature & Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. Abbas Ali Hossein Khanzadeh abbaskhanzade@gmail.com No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature & Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. Abbas Abolghasemi abolghasemi_44@yahoo.com No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature & Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.