The Relationships among Procrastination, Self-Efficacy, Self-Control, and Perceived Stress

This vignette-based study examined the willingness to feign symptoms to obtain a prescription following an analysis on who might use prescription stimulants to enhance performance ( N = 3,468). It experimentally manipulated three factors: the social disapproval of prescription stimulant use for enhancement purposes, the physicians’ diagnostic efforts, and the medical condition (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy); respondent characteristics of self-control, personal morality, and self-efficacy were also measured. Our results showed that social disapproval of prescription drug use, a personal morality that disapproves of drug use, high self-control, and high self-efficacy were negatively associated with the willingness to use. Willingness increased especially in situations of social approval when there was a stronger personal approval of drug use, or surprisingly when physicians’ diagnostic efforts were higher. The feigning willingness was lower in situations of social disapproval and when personal morality disapproved of feigning. Thus, personal and situational characteristics are relevant to understand both behaviors.

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Risk Perception of HIV/AIDS and Low Self-Control Trait: Explaining Preventative Behaviors Among Iranian University Students

Global Journal of Health Science ◽

10.5539/gjhs.v8n4p44 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 44 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Safooreh Esmaeilzadeh ◽

Hamid Allahverdipour ◽

Behrouz Fathi ◽

Shayesteh Shirzadi

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Risk Behaviors ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Self Control ◽

Sex Partners ◽

High Risk Behaviors ◽

High Level ◽

Low Self Control ◽

Hiv Aids

BACKGROUND: In spite of developed countries there are progressive trend about HIV/AIDS and its' aspects of transmission in the low socio-economic societies. The aim of this was to explain the youth’s behavior in adopting HIV/AIDS related preventive behaviors in a sample of Iranian university students by emphasizing on fear appeals approaches alongside examining the role of self-control trait for explaining adoption on danger or fear control processes based on Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM). METHODS: A sample of 156 randomly selected university students in Jolfa, Iran was recruited in a predictive cross-sectional study by application of a researcher-designed questionnaire through self-report data collection manner. Sexual high risk behaviors, the EPPM variables, self-control trait, and general self-efficacy were measured as theoretical framework. RESULTS: Findings indicated that 31.3% of participants were in the fear control process versus 68.7% in danger control about HIV/AIDS and also the presence of multi-sex partners and amphetamine consumption amongst the participants. Low self-control trait and low perceived susceptibility significantly were related to having a history of multi-sex partners while high level of self-efficacy significantly increased the probability of condom use. CONCLUSION: Findings of the study were indicative of the protective role of high level of self-control, perceived susceptibility and self-efficacy factors on youth's high-risk behaviors and their preventative skills as well.

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Ethnic Identity and Perceived Stress in HIV+ Minority Women: The Role of Coping Self-Efficacy and Social Support

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine ◽

10.1007/s12529-010-9121-x ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 23-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Corina R. Lopez ◽

Michael H. Antoni ◽

Erin M. Fekete ◽

Frank J. Penedo

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Ethnic Identity ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Minority Women

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DISPOSITIONAL TRAITS AS PREDICTORS OF SELF-EFFICACY

10.36315/2021pad04 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 32-44

Author(s):

Elena Lisá ◽

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Achievement Motivation ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Predictive Power ◽

Career Decision ◽

Self Control ◽

Personality Theory ◽

Domain Specific ◽

Specific Career ◽

General Self Efficacy

Introduction: We started from Bandura's theory of self-efficacy, the onion model of achievement motivation according to Schuler & Prochaska, and the 5-factor personality theory by Costa & McCrae. The study aimed to analyze the predictive power of achievement motivation and personality traits on general self-efficacyand domain-specific career decision self-efficacy. We expected the more significant relationship of stable personality characteristics with general self-efficacy than with specific-domain career decision self-efficacy. Methods: 690adult participants (university students and working adults) completed a career decision self-efficacy questionnaire,and 268of them a general self-efficacy scale. All participants also fulfilled an achievement motivation questionnaire and afive-factor personality theory questionnaire. Results: All five personality traits, combined with four dimensions of achievement motivation (dominance, confidence in success, self-control, and competitiveness) explain 61% of general self-efficacy variability. Extraversion, agreeableness, andconscientiousness with six achievement motivation dimensions (dominance, engagement, confidence in success, fearlessness, competitiveness, and goal setting) explain 42.5% of career decision self-efficacy variability. Discussion: Stable traits and achievement motivation dimensions had more significant predictive power on general self-efficacy than on domain-specific career decision self-efficacy. For further research, there is a suggestion about a theoretically and empirically integrated model of dispositional and social-cognitive approaches.

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Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies of Healthcare Workers in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Clinical Psychology and Special Education ◽

10.17759/cpse.2021100305 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 64-83

Author(s):

T.V. Doronina ◽

A.E. Okulova ◽

E.V. Arcishevskaya

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Coping Behavior ◽

Well Being ◽

Practical Experience ◽

Study Data ◽

Self Control ◽

Medical Professionals ◽

Behavior Strategies

In 2020, the world faced the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical workers who are fighting for the lives and health of patients in the "red zones" were on the front line in this struggle. The huge level of responsibility, the increasing duration of shifts, difficult working conditions, fears for their health and the health of their loved ones, and many other factors determined the fact that doctors themselves began to need support for their physical and psychological well-being. The purpose of our work was to study the level of perceived stress in the context of the features of coping strategies in medical professionals with different practical experience (students, practicing doctors) in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The total number of study participants was 59 people, including 35 experienced medical workers aged 33 to 72 years (M=47,88; SD=9,44) and 24 medical students aged 20 to 29 years (M=24,16; SD=3,21) without professional experience, but who voluntarily went to work in the "red zones" during the pandemic. As a result of the study, data were obtained on high levels of perceived stress and overstrain by medical professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is especially pronounced in students. The differences between experienced doctors and medical students were revealed according to the criterion of their preference for certain coping strategies, namely, the predominance of "Escape–avoidance" coping among students. The connection of dominant coping behavior strategies with the level of perceived stress is also established: students who resort to confrontational coping experience a higher level of perceived stress, and a decrease in their level of overexertion is associated with a greater degree of self-control strategy. Experienced doctors do not have both of these connections.

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The role of self-control, self-efficacy, metacognition, and motivation in predicting school achievement

Psihologija ◽

10.2298/psi180202027d ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 35-52

Author(s):

Vladimir Dzinovic ◽

Rajka Djevic ◽

Ivana Djeric

Keyword(s):

Self Efficacy ◽

Structural Model ◽

School Achievement ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Self Control ◽

Future Research ◽

Self Regulated Learning ◽

Regulated Learning ◽

Eighth Grade Students

Self-control and self-regulated learning refer to those processes and strategies whereby individuals exert agency in facing educational demands. This study tested a structural model which predicts that self-control has direct effect on school achievement, as well as mediated by metacognitive self-regulation, academic self-efficacy, and regulatory motivational styles as the variables related to self-regulated learning. The research was carried out on a stratified random sample of 575 eighth grade students. It was shown that the effect of self-control on achievement is mediated by self-efficacy. In other words, students who have heightened selfcontrol and believe in their own ability to meet school demands will be successful in school regardless of the complexity of their learning or whether they are autonomously motivated. The implications of such a finding were considered, as well as the limitations of the research and the indications for future research.

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