Development of a long-term care self-efficacy improvement programme for families living with people diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment

Impact ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (8) ◽  
pp. 31-33
Author(s):  
Satomi Maruo

Associate Professor Satomi Maruo, Kobe City College of Nursing, Japan, is developing programmes to help families care for their elderly relatives, particularly those with dementia. Her current programme effectively integrates four key sources of self efficacy. A key part of the programme is improving carers' knowledge bases in order to improve their ability to look after their relatives and enhancing self-efficacy, including 'verbal persuasion' and 'emotional arousal'. Another important element of this work is providing a space for carers to discuss their experiences and understand that they are not alone; otherwise known as 'vicarious experience'. In addition, through the programme, Maruo provides carers with examples of hypothetical situations they might encounter with their relatives and works through these with them, instilling new ideas and perspectives and leading to the 'achievement of executive action'. Self-efficacy is a key theme of this work and, in the context of dementia care, it implies mastery of the skills needed by carers to care for their relatives and observe subsequent improvements in cognitive state. This involves anticipating and adapting to changing circumstances, with symptoms of dementia changing regularly over time.

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 447-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hung-Chang Liao ◽  
Ya-Huei Wang

We examined whether or not instructing Taiwanese students in the use of comprehension strategies when they are reading English as a foreign language, reduces their English reading anxiety and increases their English reading self-efficacy and proficiency. We used a quasiexperimental design and conducted a 15-week course. The experimental group (n = 31) received instruction in reading comprehension strategies and the control group (n = 31) received instruction by traditional teaching methods. The results show that the experimental group had less anxiety when reading English and higher proficiency than the control group. In regard to self-efficacy when reading English, the experimental group also performed better than the control group in terms of self-affirmation, perseverance, verbal persuasion, and performance overall. However, there was no statistically significant difference for learning attitude between the groups.


2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 589-600
Author(s):  
Kelly Doran ◽  
Barbara Resnick

Background and Purpose: The purpose of this study was to test the reliability and validity for two new scales. Methods: We used baseline data from a worksite health promotion project with 98 long-term care staff and Pearson correlations and Rasch analysis testing. Results: For Staff Self-Efficacy for Function Focused Care and Staff Outcome Expectations for Function Focused Care item, reliability was .80 and .83, respectively. All items except one had acceptable INFIT and OUTFIT mean square statistics. Both new scales were significantly correlated (r = .342, p = .007), but neither of the scales were correlated with participants’ baseline exercise levels (r = .014, p = .918; r = .092, p = .454, respectively). Conclusions: There was some evidence of validity and internal consistency for both scales. Suggestions are provided to improve the measures for future use.


2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 2235-2237 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. De Pasquale ◽  
M.L. Pistorio ◽  
D. Corona ◽  
N. Sinagra ◽  
A. Giaquinta ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-54
Author(s):  
Thi Hong Thai Bui ◽  
Thi Anh Thu Nguyen ◽  
Thi Mui Nguyen

Background:Self-efficacy at work is considered to be one of the factors affecting employees’ quality of work life and professional development. Understanding the sources of employees’ self-efficacy at work is essential, especially in the context of Viet Nam’s Doi Moi (Renovation) policy that has led to wide-reaching socio-economic changes in Viet Nam, including the workplace over the past 30 years.Methods:This article is based on a quantitative study of 166 Vietnamese graduates with less than 2-year working experience at their organizations, followed by 11 interviews. The study seeks to demonstrate their evaluation of the sources of self-efficacy at work.Findings:The results show that “physiological and emotional states”, “vicarious experiences” and “verbal persuasion” have a significantly positive correlation with self-efficacy at work while no remarkable association is observed for “mastery experiences”. In addition, the content of the interviews further clarifies the above-mentioned results.Conclusion:The findings suggest the important role of cultural-social factors and the characteristics of the workforce in Viet Nam in interpreting employee’s self-efficacy.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-205
Author(s):  
Atikah Fatmawati ◽  
Fendik Pradana

Post-stroke conditions can be stressful and unpredictable. Knowledge, motivation, and self-efficacy are essential to the long-term care of post-stroke patients. This study aimed to analyze the correlation between the level of knowledge, motivation, and self-efficacy of post-stroke patients in Lumajang. This study used a cross-sectional design. The population of this study was post-stroke patients in Lumajang. The sampling technique used consecutive sampling with the number of samples obtained, namely 55 samples. The variables of this study were the level of knowledge, motivation, and self-efficacy. The data collection was carried out by using a questionnaire. The data analysis was performed by using the Spearman Rank test. The results showed a correlation between knowledge and motivation with self-efficacy in post-stroke patients, with p-values of 0.004 (r: 0.383) and 0.000 (r: 0.581). A person who had high knowledge and motivation would show positive results in managing his disease; for example, in the stroke concept, the patient will actively participate in the rehabilitation program, treatment program, and schedule visits to health care facilities.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 355
Author(s):  
Yeliz Temli Durmuş

The aim of the study is to clarify classroom teachers’ self-efficacy sources perception. Four factors of self-efficacy and general total values based on various variables. Independent variables are gender, teaching experiences, and cities where participant work in. Mastery experiences, Vicarious Experiences, Verbal persuasion and Emotional and psychological states are defined as four factors that constitute sources of self-efficacy. In this quantitative survey study, convenient sampling was used. Self-efficacy is affected by instructional methods used by teachers, materials and infrastructure of learning environments. That is why author determine easily accessible two cities to compare different locations and opportunities. In total of 128 volunteer classroom teachers, 69 female participants (53.9%) and 59 male participants (46.1%) participated in the study.  Findings show female teachers have statistically significant higher scores on vicarious experiences and verbal persuasion than male participants according to Mann Whityney U test results [U1(3512)=-2,183; U2(3221)=-2,283; p<.05]. Teaching experiences showed statistically significant results about emotional and physiological factor. Teaching experiences did not have statistically significant effect on total scores of self-efficacy sources and also vicarious experiences factor. Kruskal Wallis H scores did not show statistically meaningful scores for teaching experiences effect on mastery experiences and verbal persuasion. On the other hand, Emotional and psychological states have statistically significant effect on sources of self-efficay [H(1218)=7,198; p<.05]. The items emphasize “negative feelings like anxiety, sadness. Location did not show any statistically significant differences on total scores of self-efficacy sources and also four factors of it. Female classroom teachers are affected by verbal constructive/positive feedbacks on their profession than male classroom teachers schools administrators can use the finding to motivate them. Verbal persuasion can be used to create high expectations from themselves and recognize their educational products. The higher teaching experiences teachers have the lowest worries they have. Teachers in induction stage of teacher career cycle could be supported to decrease about their emotional-physiological concerns on teaching to support self-efficacy sources.Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.ÖzetBu çalışmanın amacı sınıf öğretmenlerinin öz-yeterlik kaynaklarını kendi aldı ve deneyimlerini ifade etmelerine bağlı kalarak ortaya koymaktır. Öz-yeterlik kaynaklarının 4 boyutu ve toplam puanlarının çeşitli değişkenlere göre incelenmiştir.  Bağımsız değişkenler cinsiyet, öğretmenlik deneyimi, görev yapılan il olarak belirlenmiştir. Performans başarıları olarak da ifade edilebilen doğrudan deneyimler, dolaylı deneyimler, sözel ikna ve duygusal ve psikolojik durum köz-yeterlik kaynaklarının boyutlarıdır.  Nicel tarama araştırması olan bu çalışmada Uygun Örneklem kullanılmıştır. Öz-yeterlik öğretim yöntemleri, meğitim materyalleri, okul altyapısı gibi birçok faktörden etkilendiğini alanyazın desteklemektedir. Bu nedenle farklı iki ilde bu çalışmayı gerçekleştirmek amaçlanmıştır. Toplam 128 gönüllü sınıf öğretmeni çalışmaya katılmıştır. Katılımcıların 69’u kadın (%53,9), 59’u erkektir. (%46,1).Mann Whitney U testi sonuçlarına göre [U1(3512)=-2,183; U2(3221)=-2,283; p<.05] Kadın sınıf öğretmenleri erkek sınıf öğretmenlerinden istatistiksel olarak anlamlı dolaylı yaşantılar ve sözel ikna boyutlarında daha yüksek puanlar almıştır. Öğretmenlik deneyiminde fizyolojik ve duygusal durum boyutta toplam öz-yeterlik boyutlarının genel toplamında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişkisi bulunmamıştır. Kruskal Wallis H puanları performans başarıları ve sözel ikna boyutlarında anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmamıştır. fizyolojik ve duygusal durum öğretmenlik deneyimiyle ilişkili bulunmuştur [H(1218)=7,198; p<.05]. Bu boyutun maddeleri incelendiğinde endişe, korku, gibi olumsuz Kabul edilebilecek durumların öğrenme ortamında yaşanmasının deneyimle azaldığı sonucuna varılabilir. Kadın sınıf öğretmenleri sözel ikna boyutundan istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir şekilde etkilenmekte olduğundan okul yöneticileri/müdürlerin sözel iknayı öğretmenlerin motivasyonunu artırmada kullanabileceği düşünülebilir. Bu durumun öz-yeterlik kaynaklarını destekleyerek etkili bir öz-yeterlik hissiyle eğitim çıktıları desteklenebilir. Öğretmenlik deneyimi ve arttıkça öğretmenlerin öğrenme ortamında kaygılarının azaldığı belirlenmiştir. Mesleğine yeni başlayan öğretmenlerin duygusal-fizyolojik boyutta kaygıları olduğu çalışmanın bulguları arasındadır ve bu dönemdeki öğretmenlere motivasyon arttırıcı destekler verilebilir.


2019 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-457
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Cavanagh ◽  
Christopher Leeds ◽  
Janet M. Peters

In order for students to effectively transfer oral communication skills from academic to professional settings, they must have high oral communication self-efficacy. We significantly increased oral communication self-efficacy in a sample of 97 undergraduate business majors by incorporating enactive mastery, vicarious experience, verbal persuasion, and physiological arousal into a business communication course. Self-efficacy was positively and significantly correlated with course performance, and increases in self-efficacy were positively and significantly correlated with changes in overall grade point average. By targeting self-efficacy, instructors can improve students’ oral communication skills and help them transfer these skills from academic to professional settings.


Author(s):  
Heather A. Holbrook ◽  
Katherine S. Cennamo

Perceptions of one's ability to perform a task, or self-efficacy, is one aspect of the multifaceted nature of an individual's identity. It is generally accepted that having a high perceived self-efficacy about a certain task can lead to positive performance outcomes. Bandura (1977) has suggested that efficacy influences and expectations can come from four sources: personal performance accomplishments; vicarious experiences; verbal persuasion; and emotional arousal. Trainers and training agencies use a variety of simulations and simulators to provide learners with valuable and necessary training experiences. This mixed methods study explored the influence of one high-fidelity virtual training simulator on the learners' self-efficacy. Participants in this study were recruits enrolled in a law enforcement academy. Data were collected through pre- and post-simulation-use surveys that combined general self-efficacy questions (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995) and task-specific self-efficacy questions (Bandura, 1977, 1997, 2006; Bandura, Adams, Hardy, & Howells, 1980), observations of participants using the simulator, and post simulator interviews. The most prominent theme that emerged from the data was emotional arousal due to the realism of the virtual environment. Emotional arousal seemed to impact both their perceived self-efficacy and task performance; yet, despite the variety of emotional arousal they experienced, the participants perceived their training in the high-fidelity virtual training simulator as valuable.


2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Florence Henriëtte Cassé ◽  
Mirjam Oosterman ◽  
Carlo Schuengel

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