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Direct linkBandura, Albert – Health Education & Behavior, 2004
This article examines health promotion and disease prevention from the perspective of social cognitive theory. This theory posits a multifaceted causal structure in which self-efficacy beliefs operate together with goals, outcome expectations, and perceived environmental impediments and facilitators in the regulation of human motivation, behavior,…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Health Promotion, Self Efficacy, Prevention
