Understanding Self-Efficacy for Alcohol Use: The Roles of Self-Monitoring and Hypothesized Source Variables
| dc.contributor.author | Walker, N. Robrina | en |
| dc.contributor.committeechair | Stephens, Robert S. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Clum, George A. Jr. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Ollendick, Thomas H. | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Psychology | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-14T20:38:19Z | en |
| dc.date.adate | 2002-06-13 | en |
| dc.date.available | 2014-03-14T20:38:19Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2002-05-13 | en |
| dc.date.rdate | 2003-06-13 | en |
| dc.date.sdate | 2002-05-23 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Self-efficacy for avoiding alcohol use predicts alcohol use after treatment. However, self-efficacy predicts outcome differentially depending on whether ratings are made before or after treatment. In order to increase the predictive validity of self-efficacy judgments, the hypothesized sources of self-efficacy were examined in the current study utilizing a college student population. Self-efficacy ratings for avoiding heavy drinking before and after self-monitoring of drinking behavior were examined in order to understand whether careful examination of current behavior would result in more informed self-efficacy judgments. Participants (N = 135) completed questionnaires that assessed self-efficacy, drinking behaviors, alcohol expectancies, and perceived normative alcohol use. Participants were assigned to either the control or self-monitoring condition. Self-monitors recorded drinking behaviors during the four weeks after the baseline assessment. All participants returned for a follow-up assessment four weeks later. Consistent with predictions based on social cognitive theory, heavy drinking, positive alcohol expectancies, and perceived norms of use were inversely related to self-efficacy. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicated that self-monitoring did not lead to stronger relationships between source variables and self-efficacy. Individuals who appeared to be overconfident in their self-efficacy judgments at baseline did not make more accurate ratings as a result of self-monitoring. Results from this study highlight potential sources of information individuals use in making self-efficacy judgments. | en |
| dc.description.degree | Master of Science | en |
| dc.identifier.other | etd-05232002-134007 | en |
| dc.identifier.sourceurl | http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05232002-134007/ | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33136 | en |
| dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
| dc.relation.haspart | ThesisDefenseETD.pdf | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | perceived norms | en |
| dc.subject | outcome expectancies | en |
| dc.subject | alcohol | en |
| dc.subject | Self-efficacy | en |
| dc.title | Understanding Self-Efficacy for Alcohol Use: The Roles of Self-Monitoring and Hypothesized Source Variables | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Psychology | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science | en |
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