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Furnham A, Cheng H. The Big-Five personality factors, cognitive ability, health, and social-demographic indicators as independent predictors of self-efficacy: A longitudinal study. Scand J Psychol 2024; 65:53-60. [PMID: 37525487 DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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This study set out to examine to what extent a set of psychological, health and socio-demographic factors are associated with self-efficacy (SE) in a large sample of over 12,000 participants over a two-year period. We were interested in the correlates of self-efficacy (criterion variable) with gender, age, education and occupation, the Big-Five personality factors and cognitive ability, as well as mental and physical health (predictor variables). Regression analyses showed that four of the Big-Five personality factors (extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness, and openness), cognitive ability, mental and physical health, gender, education and occupation were all significant and independent predictors of self-efficacy, accounting for 23% of the variance of the outcome variable. Personality variables, particularly Neuroticism and Conscientiousness, were the most powerful predictors of SE two years later. The implications for encouraging SE in individuals are discussed.
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- Department of Psychology, University College London, London, UK
- ESRC Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies, Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK
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Londoño T, Moore JR, Guerra ZC, Heydarian NM, Castro Y. The contribution of positive affect and loneliness on readiness and self-efficacy to quit smoking among Spanish-speaking Mexican American smokers. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE 2022; 48:110-119. [PMID: 34932409 PMCID: PMC10763704 DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2021.1998513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND The existing research on affective and interpersonal determinants of smoking cessation largely under-represents minority smokers, such as Latinos. OBJECTIVE The current study examined associations between affective and interpersonal factors with intermediary smoking cessation variables among Mexican-American smokers (N = 290; 60% male). METHODS Measures of positive and negative affect, social support, and loneliness were each examined for associations with measures of motivational readiness to quit smoking, and smoking abstinence self-efficacy. Significant predictors were entered into models simultaneously to examine their unique associations. Covariates included gender, age, and educational attainment. RESULTS Negative affect (b = .68, SE b = .14, p < .001) and loneliness (b = .20, SE b = .09, p < .05) were independently associated with motivation. Negative affect (b = .20, SE b = .06, p < .01) and positive affect (b = .34 SE b = .07, p < .001) were independently associated with self-efficacy. In the final models, only negative affect was associated with motivation (b = .68, SE b = .17, p < .001); whereas negative (b = .17, SE b = .06, p < .01) and positive (b = . 32, SE b = .07, p < .001) affect were associated with self-efficacy. CONCLUSION Results highlight the importance of resilience factors (e.g., positive affect) among Mexican-American smokers. Cessation interventions regularly target negative affect among smokers; additional focus on positive affect in cessation interventions with this population may be warranted.
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- Tatiana Londoño
- Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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O’Neal CW, Lucier-Greer M, Mancini JA. The role of community context and psychological well-being for physical health: A dyadic study of military couples. MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2019.1579608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Georgia
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Pinsker EA, Hennrikus DJ, Erickson DJ, Call KT, Forster JL, Okuyemi KS. Trends in self-efficacy to quit and smoking urges among homeless smokers participating in a smoking cessation RCT. Addict Behav 2018; 78:43-50. [PMID: 29125976 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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INTRODUCTION In the U.S., approximately 73% of homeless adults smoke cigarettes and they experience difficulty quitting. Homeless smokers report low self-efficacy to quit and that smoking urges are a barrier to quitting. Self-efficacy to quit and smoking urges are dynamic and change throughout smoking cessation treatment. This study examines changes in self-efficacy to quit and smoking urges throughout a smoking cessation intervention among the homeless and identifies predictors of change in these characteristics. METHODS Homeless smokers (n=430) participating in a smoking cessation randomized controlled trial in the U.S. completed surveys at baseline, and weeks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 26 on demographic and smoking characteristics (i.e., confidence to quit, self-efficacy to refrain from smoking, and smoking urges). A growth curve analysis was conducted by modeling change in the smoking characteristics over time and examining the variability in the change in smoking characteristics by demographic characteristics and treatment group. RESULTS Among the full sample, self-efficacy to refrain from smoking increased linearly over time, confidence to quit increased until the midpoint of treatment but subsequently decreased, and smoking urges decreased until the midpoint of treatment but subsequently increased. There were race differences in these trajectories. Racial minorities experienced significantly greater increases in self-efficacy to refrain from smoking than Whites and Blacks had higher confidence to quit than Whites. CONCLUSIONS White participants experienced less increase in self-efficacy to refrain from smoking and lower confidence to quit and therefore may be a good target for efforts to increase self-efficacy to quit as part of homeless-targeted smoking cessation interventions. Sustaining high confidence to quit and low smoking urges throughout treatment could be key to promoting higher cessation rates among the homeless.
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Chiu CY, Motl RW. Further validation of the Multiple Sclerosis Self-Efficacy Scale. Disabil Rehabil 2015; 37:2429-2438. [DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2015.1021022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Castro Y, Cano MÁ, Businelle MS, Correa-Fernández V, Heppner WL, Mazas CA, Wetter DW. A cross-lagged path analysis of five intrapersonal determinants of smoking cessation. Drug Alcohol Depend 2014; 137:98-105. [PMID: 24529688 PMCID: PMC3986920 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2013] [Revised: 01/13/2014] [Accepted: 01/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Prominent theories of drug use underscore the importance of considering the inter-relationships (e.g., reciprocal relations, indirect effects) of determinants of drug use behavior. In the area of smoking, few studies have examined multiple determinants of cessation in this way, and in prospective analyses. The current study is an examination of the prospective cross-lagged relationships among five intrapersonal determinants of cessation. METHODS Data from a longitudinal cohort study on racial differences in the process of smoking cessation were used to examine reciprocal relations among abstinence motivation, abstinence self-efficacy, positive affect, negative affect, and craving. Each of these five measures assessed on the quit day were regressed onto the same measures assessed 1-2 weeks pre-quit. The relationships of these variables at quit day with 1-week post-quit abstinence from smoking were also examined. RESULTS When the five variables were examined simultaneously in a cross-lagged path analysis, motivation and self-efficacy, and self-efficacy and positive affect showed cross-lagged relations. Only self-efficacy on the quit day uniquely predicted 1-week post quit abstinence. There were significant indirect effects of motivation and positive affect on cessation via self-efficacy. CONCLUSIONS The current study reaffirms the importance of motivation and self-efficacy in smoking cessation, and suggests that positive affect may play a role in smoking cessation.
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- Yessenia Castro
- School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, D3500, Austin, TX 78712, United States.
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- Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1440, PO Box 301402, Houston, TX 77230, United States
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- Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, The University of Texas School of Public Health Dallas Regional Campus, 5323 Harry Hines Building, V8.112, Dallas, TX 75390-9128, United States
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- Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1440, PO Box 301402, Houston, TX 77230, United States
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- Department of Psychological Science, Georgia College and State University, 1-03 Arts & Sciences Building, Milledgeville, GA 31061, United States
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- Memorial Brain and Behavior Center, 915 Gessner Rd Suite 550. 770242527 Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1440, PO Box 301402, Houston, TX 77230, United States
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O’Neal CW, Wickrama KAS, Ralston PA, Ilich JZ, Harris CM, Coccia C, Young-Clark I, Lemacks J. Health insurance status, psychological processes, and older African Americans' use of preventive care. J Health Psychol 2014; 19:491-502. [PMID: 23456216 PMCID: PMC3921264 DOI: 10.1177/1359105312474911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The current study examined the influence of health insurance, psychological processes (i.e. psychological competency and vulnerability), and the interaction of these two constructs on older African Americans' utilization of five preventive care services (e.g. cholesterol screening and mammogram/prostate examination) using data from 211 older African Americans (median age = 60). In addition to direct effects, the influence of health insurance sometimes varied depending on respondents' psychological competency and/or vulnerability. Policies and interventions to increase older African Americans' use of preventive health services should consider structural (e.g. health insurance) and psychological (e.g. psychological competency and vulnerability) factors along with the interaction between these factors.
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Merchant G, Pulvers K, Brooks RD, Edwards J. Coping with the urge to smoke: A real-time analysis. Res Nurs Health 2012; 36:3-15. [DOI: 10.1002/nur.21520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Cupertino AP, Berg C, Gajewski B, Hui SKA, Richter K, Catley D, Ellerbeck EF. Change in self-efficacy, autonomous and controlled motivation predicting smoking. J Health Psychol 2011; 17:640-52. [PMID: 22076554 DOI: 10.1177/1359105311422457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Although motivational interviewing (MI) has been shown to be effective in changing health behaviors, its effects on smoking cessation have been mixed. The purpose of the present study is to assess factors of motivation and self-efficacy as they mediate the relationship between MI and smoking cessation. This is a secondary analysis of an MI based smoking cessation randomized trial. MI counseling was associated with change in smoking behaviors during a 12 months intervention but was not related to autonomous motivation, controlled motivation, or self-efficacy at baseline and 6 months, the hypothesized mediators. This study confirmed the pathway to quit smoking through increase in self-efficacy.
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Chang AM, Crowe L. Validation of Scales Measuring Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectancy in Evidence-Based Practice. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs 2011; 8:106-15. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2011.00215.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Mann-Wrobel MC, Bennett ME, Weiner EE, Buchanan RW, Ball MP. Smoking history and motivation to quit in smokers with schizophrenia in a smoking cessation program. Schizophr Res 2011; 126:277-83. [PMID: 21112185 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2010] [Revised: 10/21/2010] [Accepted: 10/27/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The present study sought to better understand the relationships among smoking history, motivation to change, and smoking cessation outcomes in people with schizophrenia who smoke. METHOD We examined smoking and quit history, negative consequences due to smoking, readiness to change, smoking temptation, and confidence to quit in a sample of people diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder according to DSM-IV criteria who were participating in a larger randomized trial of bupropion SR and a psychoeducational intervention for smoking cessation. Data were collected from June 2003 to May 2005. RESULTS At baseline, participants reported high levels of nicotine dependence and daily smoking, as well as multiple recent and lifetime quit attempts that were generally brief in nature. Participants were most concerned about the health effects of smoking and endorsed reasons for smoking related to coping with negative affect and boredom. Most participants reported wanting to quit smoking, but the sample generally reported low levels of confidence in their ability to quit. During the course of participation in the intervention, self-efficacy to quit increased while temptation to smoke decreased; however readiness to quit remained unchanged. CONCLUSION Smoking cessation programs for people with schizophrenia should focus on teaching coping skills for negative affect, boredom, and specific "high risk situations" for smoking in addition to education, medication, or nicotine replacement therapy. Further, cessation efforts may benefit from directly addressing low self-efficacy for quitting, rather than readiness for change alone, among people with schizophrenia.
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- Monica C Mann-Wrobel
- VA Capitol Network (VISN 5) Mental Illness, Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Maryland Health Care System (VAMHCS), 10 N. Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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Martinez E, Tatum KL, Glass M, Bernath A, Ferris D, Reynolds P, Schnoll RA. Correlates of smoking cessation self-efficacy in a community sample of smokers. Addict Behav 2010; 35:175-8. [PMID: 19804945 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2009] [Revised: 08/06/2009] [Accepted: 09/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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While numerous studies show that higher levels of smoking cessation self-efficacy predicts motivation to quit smoking and successful smoking cessation, few studies have evaluated factors related to smoking cessation self-efficacy that could be targets of behavioral interventions to promote greater confidence to quit smoking. This study, using a large community sample of smokers enrolled in a smoking cessation treatment program, evaluated potential associations between self-efficacy to quit smoking and demographic (e.g., age, race), smoking-related (e.g., rate, cessation history, past use of treatments), and psychosocial (e.g., stress, cue reactivity, self-medication smoking) variables. The results indicated that Hispanic-American smokers, relative to smokers of other racial/ethnic groups, report significantly lower self-efficacy to quit smoking when facing internal stimuli (e.g., feeling depressed), as do smokers who report that they have little confidence to control abstinence-induced symptoms (F(9,576)=6.9, p<.001). The results also indicated that smokers who reported that they have little confidence to control abstinence-induced symptoms and report high smoking urge reactivity to situations that illicit positive affect (e.g., at a bar, with coffee, at a party) report lower self-efficacy to quit smoking when facing external stimuli (e.g., during a celebration; F[7,600]=9.05, p<.05). These findings can be used to refine behavioral smoking cessation interventions to increase self-efficacy to quit smoking.
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- Elisa Martinez
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, 4th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
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