Self-efficacy in changing societies / edited by Albert Bandura.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bandura, Albert, 1925-2021, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-efficacy--Congresses.

Self-efficacy.

Control (Psychology)--Congresses.

Control (Psychology).

Adaptability (Psychology)--Congresses.

Adaptability (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 334 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Adolescents' beliefs in their personal control affects their psychological well-being and the direction their lives take. Self-Efficacy in Changing Societies analyzes the diverse ways in which beliefs of personal efficacy operate within a network of sociocultural influences to shape life paths. The chapters, by internationally known experts, cover such concepts as infancy and personal agency, competency through the life span, the role of family, and cross-cultural factors.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of contributors; 1 Exercise of personal and collective efficacy in changing societies; Nature and function of efficacy beliefs; Self-efficacy in the exercise of human agency; Sources of efficacy beliefs; Efficacy-activated processes; Cognitive processes; Motivational processes; Affective processes; Selection processes; Adaptive benefits of optimistic efficacy beliefs; Self-efficacy in the changing structure of family systems; Self-efficacy in intellectual development; Students' cognitive and self-regulatory efficacy

Impact of cognitive self-efficacy on developmental trajectoriesCollective school efficacy; Impact of societal changes on school efficacy; Career development and pursuits; Efficacy determination of the slate of options; Occupational self-efficacy and demographic changes; Health-promotive role of self-efficacy; Biological effects of self-efficacy in coping with stressors; Self-efficacy in health-protnotive behavior; Exercise of self-directed change; Collective efficacy in policy and public health approaches; Self-efficacy in individualistic and collectivistic social systems; Collective efficacy

Underminers of collective efficacyBidirectionality of human influence; References; 2 Life trajectories in changing societies; The life course as an emerging paradigm; Changing times and human agency; Linked lives and their timing; Rising above life's disadvantage: the role of personal agency; Blunting the impact of depression adversity; Helpfulness and agency in depression households; Some parallels in contemporary America; The inner city and efficacious parents; Linking economic pressures and parental efficac; What do efficacious parents do?; Rural youth in a transformed world

The trauma of farm lossSelf-efficacy and the decision to migrate; Conclusion; References; 3 Developmental analysis of control beliefs; The ontogenetic development of the control belief structure; The logic of the structural composition of control beliefs; Developmental conditions and strength of control beliefs: Control beliefs and developmental outcomes; Strength of control and strength of control beliefs over the lifespan; Overestimation of control beliefs and the developmental value of high control beliefs; Developmental conditions for variations in control beliefs

The microgenesis of control beliefs (Aktualgenese)Conclusion; Notes; References; 4 Impact of family processes on control beliefs; Self-efficacy and other control-related constructs; Assessment self-efficacy within the family context; Family structure and control beliefs; Sibling position; Family completeness; Family size; Parental influences on children's control beliefs; Parental correlates of children's control beliefs; Longitudinal evidence on parenting antecedents of children's control beliefs; Intergenerational transmission of control beliefs: The modelinghypothesis

Antecedents of parenting efficacy

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-139-24357-8

1-139-93033-8

1-139-93173-3

1-139-92951-8

1-139-93373-6

1-139-93693-X

1-139-93924-6

0-511-52769-1