Social-cognitive predictors of health behavior: action self-efficacy and coping self-efficacy.

By Ralf Schwarzer, Britta Renner. Health Psychology, 2000

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The effects of social-cognitive variables on preventive nutrition and behavioral intentions were studied in 580 adults at 2 points in time. The authors hypothesized that optimistic self-beliefs operate in 2 phases and made a distinction between action self-efficacy (preintention) and coping self-efficacy (postintention). Risk perceptions, outcome expectancies, and action self-efficacy were specified as predictors of the intention at Wave 1. Behavioral intention and coping self-efficacy served as mediators linking the 3 predictors with low-fat and high-fiber dietary intake 6 months later at Wave 2. Covariance structure analysis yielded a good model fit for the total sample and 6 subsamples created by a median split of 3 moderators: gender, age, and body weight. Parameter estimates differed between samples; the importance of perceived self-efficacy increased with age and weight.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology

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Daily stress and the benefits of mindfulness: Examining the daily and longitudinal relations between present-moment awareness and stress responses (2016, background): “Coping self-efficacy describes the perceived competence the individual has for dealing with a stressor (Schwarzer & Renner, 2000) and has been consistently found to predict greater resilience and less trauma following stressful events (Benight & Bandura, 2004; Luszczynska, Benight, & Cieslak, 2009).”
Positive coping: Mastering demands and searching for meaning. (2003, background): “The role of beliefs in self-regulatory goal attainment has been spelled out in more detail in a different theory that was designed to explain health behavior change, the Health Action Process Approach (Schwarzer, 1992, 1999, in press; Schwarzer & Renner, 2000).”
Compensatory health beliefs: scale development and psychometric properties (2004, methodology): “Reliability and concurrent validity (correlations with behavioral intentions) have been demonstrated for the German version of the scale (Schwarzer and Renner, 2000).”
Buffering against weight gain following dieting setbacks: An implicit theory intervention (2012, background): “…to try several times until it works”; 1=very uncertain, 4=very certain; α=.86) and exercise coping self-efficacy (e.g., “I can manage to carry out my exercise intentions even if I am tired”; 1=very uncertain, 4=very certain; 1=strongly disagree, 7=agree strongly; α=.90; Schwarzer & Renner, 2000).”
An Expanded Self is a More Capable Self: The Association between Self-concept Size and Self-efficacy (2013, background): “Studies 2 and 4 show parallel results for the anticipated success aspect of the scale, and beliefs about successfully overcoming barriers are a central component of self-efficacy scales (eg, Renner, Knoll, & Schwarzer, 2000 ; Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995 ; Schwarzer & Renner, 2000 ).”
Task and Scheduling Self-efficacy as Predictors of Exercise Behavior (2002, background): “This finding is consistent with the work of Schwarzer and Renner (2000) who demonstrated different influences of ‘‘action’’ and ‘‘coping’’ self-efficacy over time in behavior adoption.”
On the assessment and analysis of variables in the health action process approach conducting an investigation (2003, methodology): “measured longitudinally, are described by Schwarzer and Renner (2000) and Luszczynska and”
Bridging the intention–behaviour gap: Planning, self-efficacy, and action control in the adoption and maintenance of physical exercise (2005, methodology): “Task self-efficacy, outcome expectancies, risk awareness, and intentions reflecting the motivational phase were assessed at Time 1, using the same measurement techniques as Schwarzer and Renner (2000).”
Social-Cognitive Factors in Changing Health-Related Behaviors (2001, methodology): “The health action process approach (Schwarzer, 1992, 1999; Schwarzer & Fuchs, 1995, 1996; Schwarzer & Renner, 2000) pays particular attention to what happens after people formulate intentions to change their behavior and conveys an explicit self-regulation perspective.”
The General Self-Efficacy Scale: Multicultural Validation Studies (2005, background): “Negative outcome expectancies ( Schwarzer & Renner, 2000 ): “If I exercise on a regular basis, I will lose a lot of time.” 1 4 1‐4 .74 ‐.23*”