TY - JOUR JF - Iranian-Rehabilitation-Journal JO - Iranian Rehabilitation Journal VL - 16 IS - 1 PY - 2018 Y1 - 2018/3/01 TI - Effectiveness of Meta-Cognitive Skills Training on Self-Handicapping and Self-Efficacy of Students TT - N2 - Objectives: 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. Methods: 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. Results: 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. Discussion: Findings of the present study suggest that meta-cognitive skills training- as an effective training program- could be used for decreasing students’ 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. SP - 69 EP - 76 AU - Javidan, Shahrbanou AU - Hossein Khanzadeh, Abbas Ali AU - Abolghasemi, Abbas AD - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature & Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. KW - Metacognition KW - Self-handicapping KW - Self-efficacy UR - http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-773-en.html DO - 10.29252/nrip.irj.16.1.69 ER -