8.1.3 Self-Efficacy Theory

• Match the impact of self-efficacy with its description:

  High Self-Efficacy ↔️ Adopt and maintain healthy behaviors

  Low Self-Efficacy ↔️ Avoid or abandon healthy behaviors
• How does self-efficacy affect motivation and perseverance?

  Increases both
• Self-efficacy affects health behaviors by influencing an individual's motivation and perseverance
• High self-efficacy leads individuals to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors.
• Match the self-efficacy level with its impact on health behaviors:

  High self-efficacy ↔️ Adopting a diet plan

  Low self-efficacy ↔️ Giving up on exercise
• Arrange the four sources of self-efficacy in the order they typically influence behavior:

  1️⃣ Mastery Experiences

  2️⃣ Vicarious Experiences

  3️⃣ Verbal Persuasion

  4️⃣ Emotional and Physiological States
• Achieving small successes builds confidence through mastery
• Observing others succeed enhances self-efficacy through vicarious experiences.
• What is the role of verbal persuasion in improving self-efficacy?

  Positive reinforcement
• Managing stress and anxiety improves self-efficacy through emotional and physiological states
• Breaking down a large task into smaller steps is an example of creating mastery experiences.
• Applying self-efficacy theory to health interventions involves enhancing an individual's belief in their ability to adopt healthy behaviors
• What type of strategy involves teaching stress management techniques to improve self-efficacy?

  Emotional and physiological states
• Gradually increasing exercise intensity is an example of mastery experiences in health interventions.
• Praising progress in a fitness program is an example of verbal persuasion in health interventions.
• Match the self-efficacy strategy with its example in a health intervention:

  Mastery Experiences ↔️ Gradually increasing exercise

  Verbal Persuasion ↔️ Praising fitness progress

  Emotional States ↔️ Teaching relaxation techniques
• What are two examples of strategies used in a smoking cessation program to apply self-efficacy theory?

  Vicarious experiences ||| Verbal persuasion
• Applying self-efficacy theory to health interventions involves enhancing an individual's belief in their ability to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors
• What is self-efficacy?

  Belief in ability to succeed
• Self-efficacy reflects confidence in one's ability to exert control over one's own motivation, behavior, and social environment
• A key component of self-efficacy is the belief in one's ability to succeed.
• What are the four sources of self-efficacy?

  1️⃣ Mastery Experiences

  2️⃣ Vicarious Experiences

  3️⃣ Verbal Persuasion

  4️⃣ Emotional and Physiological States
• Which source of self-efficacy is considered the most powerful?

  Mastery Experiences
• Vicarious experiences enhance self-efficacy by observing others succeed, especially if the observer perceives similarities to the model.
• Positive reinforcement or encouragement falls under the source of self-efficacy known as verbal persuasion
• Match the self-efficacy strategy with its description:

  Mastery Experiences ↔️ Achieving small successes

  Vicarious Experiences ↔️ Observing others succeed

  Verbal Persuasion ↔️ Positive reinforcement

  Emotional and Physiological States ↔️ Managing stress and anxiety
• What is the definition of self-efficacy according to the study material?

  Belief in ability to succeed
• A key component of self-efficacy is confidence to overcome barriers
• A person with high self-efficacy might believe they can lose weight by following a regular exercise plan.
• Order the four sources of self-efficacy from most to least impactful:

  1️⃣ Mastery Experiences

  2️⃣ Vicarious Experiences

  3️⃣ Verbal Persuasion

  4️⃣ Emotional and Physiological States
• What is an example of a mastery experience that can increase self-efficacy?

  Learning to ride a bike
• Receiving praise from a coach for improved performance is an example of verbal persuasion
• Match the source of self-efficacy with its example:

  Mastery Experiences ↔️ Learning to ride a bike

  Vicarious Experiences ↔️ Watching a friend in a marathon

  Verbal Persuasion ↔️ Praise from a coach

  Emotional and Physiological States ↔️ Feeling relaxed during a presentation
• How does high self-efficacy influence health behaviors?

  Increases motivation and perseverance
• Individuals with low self-efficacy may abandon healthy behaviors due to perceived difficulty
• What two factors does self-efficacy influence in health behaviors?

  Motivation and perseverance
• Individuals with high self-efficacy are more likely to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors
• Low self-efficacy can lead individuals to abandon healthy behaviors due to perceived difficulty.
• Match the self-efficacy level with its impact on health behaviors:

  High ↔️ Adopt and maintain healthy behaviors

  Low ↔️ Avoid or abandon healthy behaviors
• Self-efficacy involves confidence in controlling one's behavior and environment