en *بررسی خودکارآمدی، پذیرش اجتماعی، و متغیرهای کنترل منبع به عنوان پیش بینی از منافع اجتماعی ● International Health مقاله اصيل پژوهشي Orginal Article <p>*</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Social interest is human phenomenon which can be considered as structure of personality in psychology. This descriptive correlation study aimed to investigate self efficacy, social acceptance and locus of control as predictors of social interest. This was correlational study. The sample consisted of 153 boys and 147 girls who were studying at private middle schools. Multistage cluster sampling method was used. General self efficacy questionnaire, marlowe-crowne social desirability scale, Rotter&#39;s Locus of control scale and sulliman scale of social interest were used to collect data. The level of significance was at 5%. The results showed that social interest had significant positive relationship with self efficacy and social acceptability and hadsignificant negative relationship with locus of control. Three variables of self efficacy, social acceptance and locus of control were able to explain about 59% of social interest variance. According to obtained results about social interest in adolescents and also consider other predictors in this context appropriate training promotion of social interest should be used and developed.</p> * Locus of Control, Self Efficacy, Social Acceptance, Social Interest 810 817 http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-266-7&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Vahid Ataie Moghanloo وحید عطایی مغانلو 100319475328460012618 100319475328460012618 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Young Researchers Club, Parsabad Moghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Parsabad, Iran Islamic Azad University, Parsabad, Malihe Pishvaei ملیحه پیشوایی 100319475328460012619 100319475328460012619 No Department of Family Health, Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Roghayyeh Ataie Moghanloo رقیه عطایی مغانلو 100319475328460012620 100319475328460012620 Yes Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Young Researchers Club, Parsabad Moghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Parsabad, Iran Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz Soodabeh Bassaknezhad سودابه بساک نژاد 100319475328460012621 100319475328460012621 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Bahram Mehri بهرام مهری 100319475328460012622 100319475328460012622 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Parsabad Moghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Parsabad, Iran Islamic Azad University, Parsabad,