Summary: Collective efficacy is defined as the subjective certainty to master new or challenging demand situations on the basis of competencies shared by a group of persons. A new scale was developed for the assessment of optimistic beliefs in teacher ...
Zusammenfassung: Das transtheoretische Modell ordnet jeder Stufe der Verhaltensänderung ein spezifisches Muster an Kognitionen zu, wobei insbesondere auf die Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung (SE) und die Entscheidungsbalance mit den wahrgenommenen Vor- (pros) ...
Summary: The construct of perceived teacher self-efficacy is defined and distinguished from related constructs by referring to Bandura's social-cognitive theory. In a retrospective view on the history of the construct in the English-speaking world, ...
Summary: In a sample of students enrolled in teacher education programs, we investigated the role of vocational commitments and experimentally induced expectancies of self-efficacy in predicting motivational effects of idealized job identities. After they ...
The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) has been shown to be a powerful basis for describing and explaining behavior change and designing effective interventions. Previous research has documented its usefulness in the context of smoking cessation as well as ...
Factors of Individual Threat, Efficacy and Cost Appraisal in the Context of Environmental StressorsAbstract. In the area of environmental stressors factors of individual threat, efficacy and response-costs appraisal are investigated. This examination ...
Predicting Teachers' Stress Experience: Findings from a 4-Year Longitudinal StudyAbstract: We advance a theoretical model of self-regulation for the analysis of teachers' stress experiencing, and we test this model in a prospective longitudinal study ...
Abstract. The theoretical foundations of this research were Future Time Perspective (Simons et al., 2004) and Expectancy × Value (Wigfield & Eccles, 2002) theories of motivation. The goals of the current study were to better understand (1) the ...
Abstract. The aim of this study was to examine how possible changes in self-efficacy and interest during a task relate to each other and whether such changes independently predict overall task performance. To achieve this, the participants, one hundred ...
Strengthened for the Teaching Profession: Promoting Professional Competencies in Teacher Training StudentsA quasi-experimental study with N = 293 participants studying toward a teaching degree examined the efficacy of the intervention program “...
Academic self-concepts and self-efficacies: Their interdependencies and relationships to scholastic achievementAbstract. Self-concept and self-efficacy are important constructs in educational psychology. They have frequently been the object of research in ...
Abstract.Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, and Kelley (2007) introduced “grit” as a “new” performance-related motivational trait. It is conceptualized as a higher-order factor which is based on ...
Abstract: Based on the person-environment fit theory and the dynamic self-regulatory model of narcissism, an occupational self-selection into the teaching profession is analysed. This examination consults two ...
Lifestyle and health of individuals suffering from multiple sclerosis: The role of resource-adaptive goal setting and goal attainment for subjective well-being, perception of stress and self-efficacyAbstract. ...
Are “invisible MS symptoms” (fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, depression) significant in the professional performance assessment of multiple sclerosis patients two years after the inpatient primary evaluation?...
Abstract. General self-efficacy is a central personality trait often evaluated in surveys as context variable. It can be interpreted as a personal coping resource reflecting individual belief in one’s overall competence to perform across a variety of ...
Risk Factors for School Based Anxiety: An Empirical StudyAbstract. This article deals with the phenomenon of school absenteeism, with a special focus on school refusal behavior and the self-efficacy of students. ...
Interprofessional Training for Discharge Planning: Effects of Self-Efficacy in Nursing and Medical StudentsAbstract. Concordant and methodical briefing about a patient’s disposition for discharge from hospital within the ...
This study investigates self-efficacy and motivation regulation as possible mediators of the relationship between social and interpersonal resources (i.e., social network, social support, social acknowledgment as a victim, and disclosure) and adjustment ...
Abstract. Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) is a manualized psychosocial group intervention for people with mild to moderate dementia. Because of its broad scientific evidence and cost effectiveness, CST is now used globally. To ensure replicability ...