Social cognitive theory of posttraumatic recovery: the role of perceived self-efficacy.

By Charles C. Benight, A. Bandura. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2004

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The present article integrates findings from diverse studies on the generalized role of perceived coping self-efficacy in recovery from different types of traumatic experiences. They include natural disasters, technological catastrophes, terrorist attacks, military combat, and sexual and criminal assaults. The various studies apply multiple controls for diverse sets of potential contributors to posttraumatic recovery. In these different multivariate analyses, perceived coping self-efficacy emerges as a focal mediator of posttraumatic recovery. Verification of its independent contribution to posttraumatic recovery across a wide range of traumas lends support to the centrality of the enabling and protective function of belief in one's capability to exercise some measure of control over traumatic adversity.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology

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• Collective efficacy following a series of natural disasters (2004, background): “…the perceived capability for managing post-traumatic recovery demands) have shown to be important in psychological recovery following disasters (Benight and Bandura, 2004; Benight, Antoni, Kilbourn, Ironson, Fletcher, Redwine, Baum, and Schneiderman, 1997; Benight, Swift, Sanger, Smith, and…”
• The Lived Experience of Homeless Youth: A Narrative Approach (2015, background): “Alternatively, it is possible that any other way of telling the story would be too demoralizing to carry on (Benight & Bandura, 2004).”
• Adaptability: Conceptual and Empirical Perspectives on Responses to Change, Novelty and Uncertainty (2012, background): “…academic tasks by constructively regulating their personal resources (cognitive, affective, and behavioural) with a view to effect positive adjustment (see Benight & Bandura, 2004; Ferrer & McArdle, 2004; Fredricks, Blumenfeld, & Paris, 2004; Grant, 2001; Gross & John, 2003; Martin & Marsh, 2009).”
• Optimism, Social Support, and Coping Strategies As Factors Contributing to Posttraumatic Growth: A Meta-Analysis (2009, background): “Third, optimism is considered a predictor of perceived capability to manage the demands of a potentially traumatic event (Benight & Bandura, 2004 ).”
• Mindfulness, coping self-efficacy and foreign language anxiety: a mediation analysis (2017, background): “To obtain a better estimate of self-efficacy and to better appreciate its capacity in predicting affective and cognitive variables, it has been suggested that self-efficacy be explored within particular domains of functioning (Benight & Bandura, 2004).”
• Moving forward: Balancing the financial and emotional costs of business failure (2009, background): “Explanations for these individual differences might include coping self efficacy ( Benight and Bandura, 2003; Benight et al., 2001), prior experiences with business failure and/or other important losses, and emotional intelligence (Goleman, 1995; Huy, 1999; Ramos et al., 2007; Salovey and Mayer, 19”
• A Social Cognitive perspective on Positive Psychology (2011, background): “In path analysis of post-traumatic recovery, the contribution of an optimistic outlook is mediated through perceived coping self-efficacy (Benight & Bandura, 2004).”
• 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).”
• Coping with a natural disaster: Losses, emotions, and impulsive and compulsive buying (2009, background): “When victims feel deprived of their possessions and/or former social status (Hoch and Loewenstein 1991), they may adopt behaviors that help them regain a sense of “normalcy” (Delorme et al. 2004, p. 188), or cope with the difficult circumstances ( Benight and Bandura 2004 ).”
• Longitudinal Analysis of the Role of Perceived Self-Efficacy for Self-Regulated Learning in Academic Continuance and Achievement. (2008, background): “…in accord with those from other spheres of life showing that strong belief in one’s personal efficacy enables people to weather taxing and stressful conditions and facilitates recovery from adverse experiences (Allen, Leadbeater, & Aber, 1990; Benight & Bandura, 2004; Lent, Brown, & Larkin, 1984).”