How Do You Know an Act When You See One?: A Response to Devins (1992)

Applying the distinction between self-efficacy and outcome expectations to achieve an unambiguous classification of any given belief seems more difficult than Devins (1992) indicates. Haaga and Stewart note the persistence of confusion about this distinction and hypothesize that its source is the di...

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Published in:Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 1992-02, Vol.60 (1), p.32-33
Main Authors: Haaga, David A. F, Stewart, Bonnie L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Human
Medical sciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Self-Efficacy
Smoking Cessation
Tobacco Smoking
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Summary:Applying the distinction between self-efficacy and outcome expectations to achieve an unambiguous classification of any given belief seems more difficult than Devins (1992) indicates. Haaga and Stewart note the persistence of confusion about this distinction and hypothesize that its source is the difficulty of devising a generally applicable procedure for discriminating acts from nonacts.
ISSN:0022-006X
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/0022-006X.60.1.32