fa عمومى General مروری Review <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b>Background: </b>Not only caring behavior in caregivers of children with intellectual disability assumes great significance but it also pertains to improved caring quality. On the account that caring behavior can be influenced by self-efficacy and work engagement; consequently, this study was conducted aiming to determine the association between caring behavior, self-efficacy, and work engagement among formal caregivers serving children with intellectual disability in rehabilitation centers of Tehran in 2022.</span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b>Method:</b> A descriptive-correlational survey, this study consisted of 203 formal caregivers serving children with intellectual disability from rehabilitation centers. A demographic characteristics questionnaire, the Caring Dimensions Inventory (CDI), the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE-10), and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) were the tools utilized to collect the data. Data analysis was accomplished using SPSS software version 16 in two descriptive and inferential statistics phases.</span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b>Results:</b> The general results indicated that caring behavior significantly and positively correlated with self-efficacy; i.e. as self-efficacy rises, so does the caring behavior (P=0.014). Furthermore, work engagement was found to be significant as shown by the regression model (p = 0.001), considering that the coefficient of the model was 0.42. In other words, enhanced work engagement was tantamount to higher caring behavior by 0.42%.</span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b>Conclusion:</b> As self-efficacy and work engagement do increase, so do the caring behaviors in caregivers. These results can offer the knowledge base to healthcare policymakers, particularly managers of rehabilitation centers, to embrace well-written programs, in-service training and enhance the working conditions. As a result, the basis for revising the official caregivers&#39; behaviors would be hopefully provided.</span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Caring Behaviors, Self-Efficacy, Work Engagement, Children with intellectual disability, Official Caregivers 169 189 http://intjmi.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-549&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Zahra Siah Mansour Khorin 10031947532846006264 10031947532846006264 No Master of Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Taraneh Taghavi Larijani 10031947532846006265 10031947532846006265 No Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, School of Nursing and Midwifery Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Soheil Rahimi 10031947532846006266 10031947532846006266 No Ph.D in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Shima Haghani 10031947532846006267 10031947532846006267 Yes Master of Biostatistics, Nursing Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran