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Self-efficacy, affectivity and smoking behavior in adolescence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background: Research on health-related behaviors confirms the contribution of self-efficacy and affective factors to the initiation and continuation of smoking behavior. The aim was to assess the degree to which affectivity contributes to the association
Madarasova-Geckova, A.   +3 more
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Competitive comparison in music: influences upon self-efficacy beliefs by gender [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This study profiles gender differences in instrumental performance self-efficacy perceptions of high school students (N = 87) over the course of a three-day orchestra festival in which students competed against one another for rank-based seating and then
Hendricks, Karin S.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Technology Acceptance, Technological Self-Efficacy, and Attitude Toward Technology-Based Self-Directed Learning: Learning Motivation as a Mediator

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
This study explored the contribution of technology acceptance and technological self-efficacy to attitude toward technology-based self-directed learning in a sample of Chinese undergraduate students.
Xiaoquan Pan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Measuring Pain Self-efficacy

open access: yesThe Clinical Journal of Pain, 2011
It is likely that people with chronic pain who have low self-efficacy have a worse prognosis. A standard, high-quality measure of self-efficacy in such populations would improve evidence, by allowing meaningful comparisons amongst subgroups and between treatments, and by facilitating pooling across studies in systematic reviews.To identify self ...
Miles, Clare L   +4 more
openaire   +8 more sources

Self-efficacy and acceptance of robots [PDF]

open access: yesComputers in Human Behavior, 2019
Abstract As many post-industrial societies are rapidly ageing, intelligent and innovative solutions from the technology side are sought to ensure that welfare services continue in the future. Both social and nonsocial assistive robots are considered as solutions. To ensure the successful implementation of new technology, it is essential to understand
Rita Latikka, Tuuli Turja, Atte Oksanen
openaire   +2 more sources

Understanding Interest And Self-Efficacy In The Reading And Writing Of Students With Persisting Specific Learning Disabilities During Middle Childhood And Early Adolescence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Three methodological approaches were applied to understand the role of interest and self-efficacy in reading and/or writing in students without and with persisting specific learning disabilities (SLDs) in literacy.
Abbott, R.   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Inducing false memories by manipulating memory self-efficacy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy and false memories using the Deese/Roediger–McDermott (DRM) paradigm, whereby people falsely remember words not presented in lists.
Iacullo, Vittorio M.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

The Role of Self-Efficacy in Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, Motivation and Job Involvement

open access: yesEurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Purpose: Self-efficacy belief procures teachers to root for each other’s development in some issues such as ameliorating new methods to conduct much more effective teaching.
S. Demir
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A dynamic account of self-efficacy in entrepreneurship.

open access: yesJournal of Applied Psychology, 2020
We present a dynamic account of self-efficacy in entrepreneurship that integrates social-cognitive and control theory. According to our dynamic account, variability in self-efficacy energizes action because it involves self-motivation and discrepancy ...
Michael M. Gielnik   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Social threat appeals in commercial advertising: the moderating impact of perceived level of self-efficacy and self-esteem on advertising effectiveness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This study investigates the impact of the level of fear evoked by an advertisement (for deodorant) framing a threatening social situation. Where the effectiveness of threat appeals has been investigated extensively in health communication, this study ...
Cauberghe, Veroline   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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