Relationship between social intelligence and self-efficacy in elementary teachers of meimeh region in the School Year 2011–2012 Mohammadian Zahra*, Hosseini Taghi Agha**, Berjisian Rasoul** *MA Student, Islamic Azad University, Mimeh Branch **Assistant professor, Farhangian University (Pardis of Shahid Bahonar, Isfahan) Online published on 21 November, 2013. Abstract The objective of the present study is to investigate the relationship between social intelligence and efficacy in elementary teachers of elementary schools of Meimeh region in the school year 2011–2012. In the present study, 95 teachers were selected using stratified random sampling proportional to the sample and regarding their gender and grades. The method of the study is descriptive and correlational. In this study, standard questionnaires of The Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale developed by Silvera and Self-Efficacy Scale by Bandura were used. These questionnaires enjoy structural validity and their reliabilities were calculated as 0.895 and 0.93 respectively. The data of this study were analyzed by one-sample t-test statistical methods, t for two independent samples, correlation and Simple and multiple regressions. The findings showed that the mean of social intelligence and self-efficacy of elementary teachers inMeimeh region was above average. Also, the results of the present study showed that there is a significant correlation between social intelligence and self-efficacy, the component of social awareness and self-efficacy, information processing and self-efficacy and social skill and self-efficacy. Furthermore, they showed that teachers of the first and second grades enjoyed higher social intelligence and self-efficacy than teachers in other grades. Top Keywords Social intelligence, social awareness, information processing, social skills, self-efficacy. Top |