Self-Efficacy and the Physiological Stress Response

O’Leary, Ann; Brown, Shirley

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“…Self‐efficacy, derived from Social CognitiveTheory ( Bandura, 1986), is defined as an individual's conviction or belief that he or she can successfully execute a given behavior that is required to produce a desired outcome. Beliefs about self‐efficacy influence health in two ways: first, self‐efficacy influences the adoption of health promotion behaviors, the cessation of unhealthy behaviors, and the maintenance of behavior change when faced with difficulty ( Maddux, Brawley, & Boykin, 1995); second, self‐efficacy affects the body's physiologic response to stress, including the immune system ( O'Leary & Brown, 1995).…”

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An Explanatory Model of Variables Influencing Health Promotion Behaviors in Smoking and Nonsmoking College Students

Martinelli

1999

Public Health Nursing

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College students can establish healthy lifestyle practices that can have lifelong implications. Many students, however, continue to engage in risky behaviors such as active and passive smoking. The purpose of this study was to test an explanatory model of variables which can influence health promotion behaviors in smoking and nonsmoking college students. Pender's Health Promotion Model provided the framework for the study. Health promotion behaviors were found to be most effective when students: had an increased self‐efficacy, avoided environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), perceived themselves as healthy, were female, and had a powerful external and internal health locus of control. College students may benefit from health promotion interventions designed to influence the avoidance of ETS and alter perceptions of self‐efficacy, control of health, and health status. Such interventions may result in a decrease in both active and passive smoking.

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An Explanatory Model of Variables Influencing Health Promotion Behaviors in Smoking and Nonsmoking College Students

Martinelli

1999

Public Health Nursing

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“…Self-efficacy is a psychological construct that plays a crucial role in the mediation of health-related behavior in general 17,18 and on stress and caregiver burnout specifically. [19][20][21] Self-efficacy refers to an individual's belief in their ability to accomplish specific goals. 22,23 In any given situation, these beliefs affect the choices people make, the actions they pursue, how much effort they will expend, how perseverant and resilient they will be in the face of obstacles, and how much stress and anxiety they will experience.…”

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Measuring and enhancing self-efficacy among professional caregivers of individuals with dementia

Mackenzie

Peragine

2003

Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen

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Nurses who provide care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias are at risk of burnout. Self-efficacy is a psychological construct with the potential to help reduce or prevent the impact of caregiver stress. Evidence supporting a link between higher levels of self-efficacy and lower levels of stress is emerging among lay caregivers. However, concurrent research for professional caregivers lags behind, partly due to a lack of appropriate self-efficacy measures for this population. We developed an intervention to enhance self-efficacy and an inventory to measure its improvements among long-term care nurses. Training resulted in lasting improvements in knowledge and self-efficacy regarding the management of challenging team, resident, and family situations. Short-term reductions in caregiver burnout were also evident. Suggestions for maintaining improvements in caregiver burnout over longer periods are offered.

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“…Although coping efficacy (belief in one’s ability to cope with future stressors; Sandler, Tein, Mehta, Wolchik, & Ayers, 2000) has not yet been formally studied as a protective factor in adolescent stress physiology research, studies have shown positive associations between coping efficacy and successful adaptation to stress (Benight et al, 1997; Keefe et al, 1997; Massey, Garnefski, Gebhardt, & van der Leeden, 2009). Additionally, researchers have hypothesized that a greater sense of perceived self-efficacy (belief in one’s own abilities; Bandura, 1977) might predict improved health outcomes across development (e.g., Bandura, 2004; Strauss, Rodzilsky, Burack, & Colin, 2001), potentially by promoting regulation of physiological stress activity (O’Leary, 1992; O’Leary & Brown, 1995). Based on this literature and classic stress-coping theory (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984), we also explored whether coping efficacy assessed prior to the college transition moderated relations between loneliness and diurnal cortisol activity.…”

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Daily cortisol activity, loneliness, and coping efficacy in late adolescence

Drake

Sladek

Doane

2015

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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Many late adolescents who transition to the college environment perceive changes in psychosocial stress. One such stressor, loneliness, has been associated with numerous health problems among adolescents and adults. The hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis is one mechanism through which loneliness may affect health. Guided by a risk and resilience framework, the present study investigated the association between longitudinal changes in loneliness from high school to college and diurnal cortisol activity (waking levels, cortisol awakening response, diurnal slope) by sampling saliva intensively 5 times a day for 3 weekdays in a US sample of late adolescents in their first semester of college (N = 70; Mage = 18.49, SD = 0.38). The present study also explored how the link between loneliness and cortisol might depend on coping efficacy—one’s belief in successfully coping with future stressors or novel situations. Results from hierarchical linear growth curve models demonstrated that an increase in loneliness across this contextual transition was associated with steeper cortisol slopes in college. Coping efficacy at baseline (in high school) significantly moderated the relation between changes in loneliness and diurnal slopes, such that late adolescents with low levels of coping efficacy who reported increased loneliness across the transition exhibited significantly flatter diurnal slopes in college. Higher levels of coping efficacy at baseline also significantly predicted lower waking cortisol levels during the first semester of college. These results suggest that coping efficacy may serve as a protective factor by contributing to regulation of daily physiological stress activity for late adolescents as they struggle with loneliness across the transition to college.

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Self-Efficacy and the Physiological Stress Response

Cited by 40 publications

References 23 publications

An Explanatory Model of Variables Influencing Health Promotion Behaviors in Smoking and Nonsmoking College Students

An Explanatory Model of Variables Influencing Health Promotion Behaviors in Smoking and Nonsmoking College Students

Measuring and enhancing self-efficacy among professional caregivers of individuals with dementia

Daily cortisol activity, loneliness, and coping efficacy in late adolescence

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