The main purpose of this research was to explore the mediating influence of self-efficacy in the relationship between attachment style and life satisfaction. The participants of the study were 644 female student enrolled in-service education in Taiwan. The main results were as follows: (a) secure attachment and dismissing attachment indirectly affect life satisfaction through self-efficacy; (b) preoccupied attachment completely affects life satisfaction through social self-efficacy. Therefore self-efficacy plays an important role for female student enrolled in-service education. |