High school student’s life satisfaction: the role of social Self-efficacy

Introduction: The aim of the current research was to investigate the relationship between social self-efficacy and life satisfaction by employing descriptive study. Materials and method: Samples consisted of all male students in all four educational area of high school in Mashhad city. By employing multistage random sampling, 408 individuals were selected. Measurement tools included: life satisfaction (lee, 1969) and social Self-Efficacy Scale (Sherer et al., 1982). Results: The results of stepwise multiple regression and correlational analysis, showed that, the relationship between sub variable of Social self-efficacy and life satisfaction was positively significant and meaningful. Stepwise multiple regression analysis shows that Social self-efficacy; Social group participation, Friendliness and intimacy are predictors of student’s life satisfaction which explains 0.23 of the total variance. Conclusion: Finally, the higher the life satisfaction means the higher the social self-efficacy. In other side, the lower the life satisfaction the higher the depression and anxiety and consequently low social self-efficacy and life satisfaction.