Self-efficacy: toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.
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...…and adaptive human behavior often emphasizes the role played by goal attainment, along with the attendant processes and variables that support the attainment of goals, such as persistence, self-efficacy, or optimism (e.g., Bandura, 1977; Carver & Scheier, 1981; Heckhausen & Schulz, 1995)....
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...…(Fisher & Fisher, 1992), the Health Belief Model (Becker, 1974, 1988; Rosenstock, 1974; Rosenstock, Strecher, & Becker, 1994), Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, 1977, 1986, 1991, 1994, 1997), and the Theory of Reasoned Action (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980; Fishbein & Ajzen, 1975; Fishbein, Middlestadt,…...
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...Journal of Communication 56 (2006) S1–S17 ª 2006 International Communication Association S1 D ow nloaded from https://academ ic.oup.com /joc/article-abstract/56/suppl_1/S1/4102563 by Johns H opkins U niversity user on 16 M ay 2019 Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (Prochaska & DiClemente, 1983, 1986, 1992; Prochaska, DiClemente, & Norcross, 1992; Prochaska, Redding, Harlow, Rossi, & Velicer, 1994), the Information/Motivation/Behavioral-skills model (Fisher & Fisher, 1992), the Health Belief Model (Becker, 1974, 1988; Rosenstock, 1974; Rosenstock, Strecher, & Becker, 1994), Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, 1977, 1986, 1991, 1994, 1997), and the Theory of Reasoned Action (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980; Fishbein & Ajzen, 1975; Fishbein, Middlestadt, & Hitchcock, 1991), a careful consideration of these theories suggests that there are only a limited number of variables that must be considered in predicting and understanding any given behavior (Fishbein, 2000; Fishbein et al., 2001; IOM Committee on Communication for Behavior Change in the 21st Century: Improving the Health of Diverse Populations, 2002; NAS Committee on the Youth Population and Military Recruitment, 2002, 2004)....
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...In seeking a motivational explanation of exploratory and manipulative behavior, White (1959) postulated an "effectance motive," which is conceptualized as an intrinsic drive for transactions with the environment ....
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