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Hocus-pocus, the focus isn't strictly on locus: Rotter's social learning theory modified for health
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“…a far less significant role in predicting health-directed behavior than does either health value by itself or other control-related expectancy constructs, such as self-efficacy (Bandura, 1977, 1982), mastery (Pearlin & Schooler, 1978), or perceived competence (Smith, Dobbins, & Wallston, 1991).”
BackgroundSocial Learning Theory and the Health Belief Model
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wallston, K. A.
- Venue
- Cognitive Therapy and Research
- Published
- 1992-04
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 183-199
- ISSN
- 0147-5916 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2819
- OpenAlex
- W1989831869
- Cited by
- 409
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 24.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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