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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Schwarzer, Ralf
• Renner, Britta
• Krantz, David S

Titel

Social-Cognitive Predictors of Health Behavior: Action Self-Efficacy and Coping Self-Efficacy

Ist Teil von

• Health psychology, 2000-09, Vol.19 (5), p.487-495

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Psychological Association

Erscheinungsjahr

2000

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Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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.