SELF-EFFICACY AND THE CONTROL OF ANXIOUS COGNITIONS
SELF-EFFICACY AND THE CONTROL OF ANXIOUS COGNITIONS
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DOI：
10.1016/0005-7916(87)90069-3
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发表时间：
1987-03-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
GIBBONS, R
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作者：
KENT, G;GIBBONS, R
本研究旨在探讨班杜拉的自我效能概念是否可以应用于控制认知和行为。受试者被要求完成问卷调查，旨在测量（a）他们的牙科焦虑，（B）他们的负面自我陈述的数量约牙科预约和（c）他们的感知能力，以控制这些想法。低焦虑的受试者声称比中度或高度焦虑的受试者经历更少的负面想法，并且对这些想法有更多的控制。被试认为，随着约会时间的临近，他们的控制程度会下降，但低焦虑组最少，高焦虑组最多。最后，当消极思维的数量被控制时，焦虑组之间的自我效能得分差异得以维持，但当自我效能被控制时，焦虑水平之间的消极思维差异并没有维持。这些结果表明，焦虑与思维过程的关系比与内容的关系更密切。
This study was designed to explore the possibility that Bandura''s notion of self-efficacy can be applied to control over cognitions as well as behavior. Subjects were asked to complete questionnaires designed to measure (a) their dental anxiety, (b) the number of their negative self-statements about a dental appointment and (c) their perceived ability to control these thoughts. Subjects with low anxiety claimed to experience fewer negative thoughts than those with moderate or high anxiety, and also to have more control over these thoughts. Subjects believed that the extent of their control would decline as the appointment approached in time, but least for the low anxiety group and most for the high anxiety group. Finally, differences in self-efficacy scores between anxiety groups were maintained when the number of negative thoughts was controlled for, but differences in negative thinking between anxiety levels were not maintained when self-efficacy was controlled for. These results suggest that anxiety is more closely related to thinking processes than content.