Exploring Self-Efficacy as a Predictor of Disease Management

Self-efficacy is posited in social cognitive theory as fundamental to behavior change. Few health behavior studies have examined self-efficacy prospectively, viewed it as part of a reciprocal behavioral process, or compared self-efficacy beliefs in the same population across different behaviors. Thi...

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Published in:Health education & behavior 1999-02, Vol.26 (1), p.72-89
Main Authors: Clark, Noreen M., Dodge, Julia A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Behavior Change
Behavior modification
Behavior Problems
Beliefs
Biological and medical sciences
Chronic Disease
Confidence
Data Collection
Disease
Disease Management
Environmental Influences
Epistemology
Female
Health Behavior
Health education
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Heart Diseases - prevention & control
Heart Diseases - psychology
Heart Disorders
Humans
Interpersonal Competence
Learning Theories
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Models, Psychological
Patient Education as Topic - methods
Physicians
Predictive Value of Tests
Prevention and actions
Prospective Studies
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Self Care - psychology
Self Efficacy
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Socialization
Surveys and Questionnaires
Women - psychology
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Summary:Self-efficacy is posited in social cognitive theory as fundamental to behavior change. Few health behavior studies have examined self-efficacy prospectively, viewed it as part of a reciprocal behavioral process, or compared self-efficacy beliefs in the same population across different behaviors. This article first discusses self-efficacy in its theoretical context and reviews the available prospective studies. Second, it explores self-efficacy as a predictor of disease management behaviors in 570 older women with heart disease. Although the R² statistics in each case were modest, the construct is shown to be a statistically significant (p
ISSN:1090-1981
1552-6127
DOI:10.1177/109019819902600107