
Self-Efficacy
Thought Control Of Action
Ralf Schwarzer(Editor)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 17. December 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
424 pages
978-1-138-99602-1 (ISBN)
Description
The goal of this book is to illustrate the change in emphasis during the 1980s from one dominated by a behaviouristic perspective to one much more congnitive in its emphasis. It is aimed at research psychologists and graduate-level psychology students.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
614 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-99602-1 (9781138996021)
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Person
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Content
I: Self-Efficacy and Human Functioning; Exercise of Personal Agency Through the Self-Efficacy Mechanism; Two Dimensions of Perceived Self-Efficacy: Cognitive Control and Behavioral Coping Ability; Expectancies as Mediators Between Recipient Characteristics and Social Support Intentions; II: Self-Efficacy and Human Development; Perceived Control: Motivation, Coping, and Development; Adults' Expectancies About Development and its Controllability: Enhancing Self-Efficacy by Social Comparison; Personal Control Over Development: Some Developmental Implications of Self-Efficacy; III: Self-Efficacy, Stress, and Emotion; Perceived Self-Efficacy and Phobic Disability; Self-Efficacy and Depression; Self-Efficacy as a Resource Factor in Stress Appraisal Processes; IV: Self-Efficacy and Health Behaviors; Self-Efficacy in the Adoption and Maintenance of Health Behaviors: Theoretical Approaches and a New Model; Self-Efficacy and Attribution Theory in Health Education; The Influence of Expectancies and Problem-Solving Strategies on Smoking Intentions; V: Self-Efficacy, Physical Symptoms, and Rehabilitation of Chronic Disease; Role of Physical Self-Efficacy in Recovery from Heart Attack; Perceived Self-Efficacy in Self-Management of Chronic Disease; Self-Efficacy Expectancies in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Rehabilitation; Self-Efficacy Mechanism in Psychobiologic Functioning