Predicting Critical Thinking Based on Emotional Intelligence and Self-Efficacy Beliefs: A Case Study of Nursing Students at Lorestan University of Medical Sciences

Abstract :

This research focuses on predicting critical thinking based on the emotional intelligence and self-efficacy beliefs of nursing students, with the aim of examining the impact relationship of emotional intelligence and self-efficacy beliefs on the critical thinking of nursing students. The main question addressed in this article is: What is the relationship between critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and self-efficacy beliefs? The research method used was correlational, and data was collected using a questionnaire with suitable validity and reliability (Cronbach's alpha for the critical thinking questionnaire was 0.76, the emotional intelligence questionnaire was 0.83, and the self-efficacy beliefs variable was 0.83). A sample of 148 students was selected randomly from the statistical population. The data was analyzed using SPSS software. The results showed that self-efficacy beliefs and emotional intelligence can predict the critical thinking of the students

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