Social learning and clinical psychology.

The formation of learning sets.

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'Superstition' in the pigeon

Skinner, B. F. (1948) · Journal of Experimental Psychology · doi:10.1037/h0055873 · Cited by 1,456

The theory of planned behavior

Ajzen, I. (1991) · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes · doi:10.1016/0749-5978(91)90020-t · Cited by 90,587

The "what" and "why" of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior

Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2000) · Psychological Inquiry · doi:10.1207/s15327965pli1104_01 · Cited by 34,210

Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.

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A Protection Motivation Theory of Fear Appeals and Attitude Change1

Rogers, R. W. (1975) · The Journal of Psychology · doi:10.1080/00223980.1975.9915803 · Cited by 6,805

Optimism, coping, and health: Assessment and implications of generalized outcome expectancies.

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Developmental sequence in small groups.

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Social Learning Theory and the Health Belief Model

Rosenstock, I. M., Strecher, V. J., & Becker, M. H. (1988) · Health Education Quarterly · doi:10.1177/109019818801500203 · Cited by 5,564

Development and validation of ego-identity status.

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Trust as a Social Reality

Lewis, J. D., & Weigert, A. (1985) · Social Forces · doi:10.2307/2578601 · Cited by 4,163

Motivational determinants of risk-taking behavior.

Atkinson, J. W. (1957) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/h0043445 · Cited by 3,706

The unbearable automaticity of being

Bargh, J. A., & Chartrand, T. L. (1999) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037/0003-066x.54.7.462 · Cited by 3,699

A new scale for the measurement of interpersonal trust1

Rotter, J. B. (1967) · Journal of Personality · doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.1967.tb01454.x · Cited by 3,503

Toward a cognitive social learning reconceptualization of personality

Mischel, W. (1973) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/h0035002 · Cited by 3,181

Approach and avoidance motivation and achievement goals

Elliot, A. J. (1999) · Educational Psychologist · doi:10.1207/s15326985ep3403_3 · Cited by 3,103

Translating Social Ecological Theory into Guidelines for Community Health Promotion

Stokols, D. (1996) · American Journal of Health Promotion · doi:10.4278/0890-1171-10.4.282 · Cited by 2,763

Origins and functions of positive and negative affect: A control-process view.

Carver, C. S., & Scheier, M. F. (1990) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/0033-295x.97.1.19 · Cited by 2,726

Control theory: A useful conceptual framework for personality-social, clinical, and health psychology.

Carver, C. S., & Scheier, M. F. (1982) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037//0033-2909.92.1.111 · Cited by 2,650

From expectancy-value theory to situated expectancy-value theory: A developmental, social cognitive, and sociocultural perspective on motivation

Eccles, J. S., & Wigfield, A. (2020) · Contemporary Educational Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.cedpsych.2020.101859 · Cited by 2,368

Problem solving and behavior modification.

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Effects of optimism on psychological and physical well-being: theoretical overview and empirical update

Scheier, M. F., & Carver, C. S. (1992) · Cognitive Therapy and Research · doi:10.1007/bf01173489 · Cited by 2,220

Goal constructs in psychology: Structure, process, and content.

Austin, J. T., & Vancouver, J. B. (1996) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.120.3.338 · Cited by 2,319

Vicarious traumatization: A framework for understanding the psychological effects of working with victims

McCann, I. L., & Pearlman, L. A. (1990) · Journal of Traumatic Stress · doi:10.1007/bf00975140 · Cited by 2,154

Motivation and social cognitive theory

Schunk, D. H., & DiBenedetto, M. K. (2020) · Contemporary Educational Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.cedpsych.2019.101832 · Cited by 2,416

Interpersonal trust, trustworthiness, and gullibility.

Rotter, J. B. (1980) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037/0003-066x.35.1.1 · Cited by 1,694

Attitudes, Traits, and Actions: Dispositional Prediction of Behavior in Personality and Social Psychology

Ajzen, I. (1987) · Advances in Experimental Social Psychology · doi:10.1016/s0065-2601(08)60411-6 · Cited by 1,534

The development of anxiety: The role of control in the early environment.

Chorpita, B. F., & Barlow, D. H. (1998) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.124.1.3 · Cited by 1,382

SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITY AND DELAY

Rachlin, H., Raineri, A., & Cross, D. (1991) · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior · doi:10.1901/jeab.1991.55-233 · Cited by 1,341

Mobilization and Participation: Social-Psychological Expansisons of Resource Mobilization Theory

Klandermans, B. (1984) · American Sociological Review · doi:10.2307/2095417 · Cited by 1,270

The Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale: Validation evidence in seven languages and nine countries

Gagné, M., Forest, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Crevier-Braud, L., van den Broeck, A., Aspeli, A. K., Bellerose, J., Benabou, C., Chemolli, E., Güntert, S. T., et al. (2015) · European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology · doi:10.1080/1359432x.2013.877892 · Cited by 1,051

Behavior in organizations as a function of employee's locus of control.

Spector, P. E. (1982) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.91.3.482 · Cited by 981

Dispositional optimism and recovery from coronary artery bypass surgery: The beneficial effects on physical and psychological well-being.

Scheier, M. F., Matthews, K. A., Owens, J. F., Magovern, G. J., Lefebvre, R. C., Abbott, R. A., & Carver, C. S. (1989) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037//0022-3514.57.6.1024 · Cited by 1,023

An exploratory study into the factors impeding ethical consumption

Bray, J., Johns, N., & Kilburn, D. (2011) · Journal of Business Ethics · doi:10.1007/s10551-010-0640-9 · Cited by 891

The Development of an Attribution-Based Theory of Motivation: A History of Ideas

WEINER, B. (2010) · Educational Psychologist · doi:10.1080/00461520903433596 · Cited by 868

A consumer-constructed scale to measure empowerment among users of mental health services

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Untitled work

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Modeling and attributional effects on children's achievement: A self-efficacy analysis.

Schunk, D. H. (1981) · Journal of Educational Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-0663.73.1.93 · Cited by 781

Integrating Theories of Motivation

Steel, P., & König, C. J. (2006) · Academy of Management Review · doi:10.5465/amr.2006.22527462 · Cited by 776

Measuring generalized expectancies for negative mood regulation: initial scale development and implications.

Catanzaro, S., & Mearns, J. (1990) · Journal of Personality Assessment · doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa5403&4_11 · Cited by 609

Coping with a breast cancer diagnosis: A prospective study.

Stanton, A. L., & Snider, P. R. (1993) · Health Psychology · doi:10.1037/0278-6133.12.1.16 · Cited by 574

Physical Activity Intervention Studies: What We Know and What We Need to Know: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism (Subcommittee on Physical Activity); Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; and the Interdisciplinary Working Group on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research

Marcus, B. H., Williams, D. M., Dubbert, P. M., Sallis, J. F., King, A. C., Yancey, A. K., Franklin, B. A., Buchner, D., Daniels, S. R., & Claytor, R. P. (2006) · Circulation · doi:10.1161/circulationaha.106.179683 · Cited by 558

Measuring generalized expectancies for negative mood regulation: Initial scale development and implications

Catanzaro, S. J., & Mearns, J. (1990) · Journal of Personality Assessment · doi:10.1080/00223891.1990.9674019 · Cited by 609

HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL SCALES

Wallston, K. A., & Wallston, B. S. (1981) · Research with the Locus of Control Construct · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-443201-7.50010-5 · Cited by 499

Toward the delineation of therapeutic change principles.

Goldfried, M. R. (1980) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037/0003-066x.35.11.991 · Cited by 451

Responses to evaluation as a function of initial self-perceptions.

Shrauger, J. S. (1975) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/h0076791 · Cited by 406

Substance use in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: An update on empirical research and implications for treatment.

Green, K. E., & Feinstein, B. A. (2012) · Psychology of Addictive Behaviors · doi:10.1037/a0025424 · Cited by 400

Cognitive complexity-simplicity and predictive behavior.

Bieri, J. (1955) · The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/h0043308 · Cited by 352

Chapter 3: The Development of Children’s Motivation in School Contexts

Wigfield, A., Eccles, J. S., & Rodriguez, D. (1998) · Review of Research in Education · doi:10.3102/0091732x023001073 · Cited by 402

Preference for delayed reward as a function of age, intelligence, and length of delay interval.

Mischel, W., & Metzner, R. (1962) · The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/h0045046 · Cited by 341

Rejection sensitivity as a mediator of the impact of childhood exposure to family violence on adult attachment behavior

Feldman, S., & Downey, G. (1994) · Development and Psychopathology · doi:10.1017/s0954579400005976 · Cited by 341

The measurement of patients’ expectations for health care: a review and psychometric testing of a measure of patients’ expectations.

Bowling, A., Rowe, G., Lambert, N., Waddington, M., Mahtani, K., Kenten, C., Howe, A., & Francis, S. (2012) · Health Technology Assessment · doi:10.3310/hta16300 · Cited by 326

Disorders of Emotion

Barlow, D. H. (1991) · Psychological Inquiry · doi:10.1207/s15327965pli0201_15 · Cited by 306

Cross-situational generality and the interpersonal circumplex

Moskowitz, D. S. (1994) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.66.5.921 · Cited by 290

Mindfulness and acceptance in the treatment of disordered eating

Baer, R. A., Fischer, S., & Huss, D. B. (2005) · Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy · doi:10.1007/s10942-005-0015-9 · Cited by 283

The multidimensional-multiattributional causality scale: the development of a goal specific locus of control scale

Lefcourt, H. M., von Baeyer, C. L., Ware, E. E., & Cox, D. J. (1979) · Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement · doi:10.1037/h0081598 · Cited by 280

An application of expectancy theory to eating disorders: Development and validation of measures of eating and dieting expectancies

Hohlstein, L. A., Smith, G. T., & Atlas, J. G. (1998) · Psychological Assessment · doi:10.1037/1040-3590.10.1.49 · Cited by 263

Neural systems implicated in delayed and probabilistic reinforcement

Cardinal, R. N. (2006) · Neural Networks · doi:10.1016/j.neunet.2006.03.004 · Cited by 248

Outcomes From the Moving Beyond Cancer Psychoeducational, Randomized, Controlled Trial With Breast Cancer Patients

Stanton, A. L., Ganz, P. A., Kwan, L., Meyerowitz, B. E., Bower, J. E., Krupnick, J. L., Rowland, J. H., Leedham, B., & Belin, T. R. (2005) · Journal of Clinical Oncology · doi:10.1200/jco.2005.09.101 · Cited by 236

Perceived Control and Vulnerability to Anxiety Disorders: A Meta-analytic Review

Gallagher, M. W., Bentley, K. H., & Barlow, D. H. (2014) · Cognitive Therapy and Research · doi:10.1007/s10608-014-9624-x · Cited by 237

Gratifications Sought and Media Exposure: An Expectancy Value Model

PALMGREEN, P., & RAYBURN, J. D. (1982) · Communication Research · doi:10.1177/009365082009004004 · Cited by 243

The impact of personality on behavior in five Prisoner's Dilemma games

Boone, C., De Brabander, B., & van Witteloostuijn, A. (1999) · Journal of Economic Psychology · doi:10.1016/s0167-4870(99)00012-4 · Cited by 217

Promoting adjustment after treatment for cancer

Stanton, A. L., Ganz, P. A., Rowland, J. H., Meyerowitz, B. E., Krupnick, J. L., & Sears, S. R. (2005) · Cancer · doi:10.1002/cncr.21246 · Cited by 217

Role of self‐efficacy and behaviour change

RGN, A. H., & RGN, H. E. W. (2002) · International Journal of Nursing Practice · doi:10.1046/j.1440-172x.2002.00352.x · Cited by 208

The role of cognition in classical and operant conditioning

Kirsch, I., Lynn, S. J., Vigorito, M., & Miller, R. R. (2004) · Journal of Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1002/jclp.10251 · Cited by 192

Systematic review of the effects of schools and school environment interventions on health: evidence mapping and synthesis

Bonell, C., Jamal, F., Harden, A., Wells, H., Parry, W., Fletcher, A., Petticrew, M., Thomas, J., Whitehead, M., Campbell, R., et al. (2013) · Public Health Research · doi:10.3310/phr01010 · Cited by 192

Who or What to Believe: Trust and the Differential Persuasiveness of Human and Anthropomorphized Messengers

Touré-Tillery, M., & McGill, A. L. (2015) · Journal of Marketing · doi:10.1509/jm.12.0166 · Cited by 167

An Evaluation of a School‐Based Suicide Awareness Intervention

Kalafat, J., & Elias, M. (1994) · Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior · doi:10.1111/j.1943-278x.1994.tb00747.x · Cited by 160

Internal standards revisited: Effects of social comparisons and expectancies on judgments of fairness and satisfaction

Austin, W., McGinn, N. C., & Susmilch, C. (1980) · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · doi:10.1016/0022-1031(80)90049-9 · Cited by 149

Presurgery Distress and Specific Response Expectancies Predict Postsurgery Outcomes in Surgery Patients Confronting Breast Cancer.

Montgomery, G. H., & Bovbjerg, D. H. (2004) · Health Psychology · doi:10.1037/0278-6133.23.4.381 · Cited by 142

Expectancy and Risk for Alcoholism: The Unfortunate Exploitation of a Fundamental Characteristic of Neurobehavioral Adaptation

Goldman, M. S. (2002) · Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research · doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02599.x · Cited by 135

A theoretical model of health information technology usage behaviour with implications for patient safety

Holden, R. J., & Karsh, B.-T. (2009) · Behaviour & Information Technology · doi:10.1080/01449290601138245 · Cited by 128

The Tip of the Iceberg: Factors Affecting Learner Motivation

Littlejohn, A. (2008) · RELC Journal · doi:10.1177/0033688208092185 · Cited by 130

A Framework for the Specificity of Addictions

Sussman, S., Leventhal, A., Bluthenthal, R. N., Freimuth, M., Forster, M., & Ames, S. L. (2011) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph8083399 · Cited by 129

An integrative review of the influence of expectancies on pain

Peerdeman, K. J., Laarhoven, A. I. M. V., Peters, M. L., & Evers, A. W. M. (2016) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01270 · Cited by 122

Generalized expectancies for negative mood regulation predict change in anxiety and depression among college students

Kassel, J. D., Bornovalova, M., & Mehta, N. (2007) · Behaviour Research and Therapy · doi:10.1016/j.brat.2006.07.014 · Cited by 117

Why do patients derogate physicians who use a computer-based diagnostic support system?

Shaffer, V. A., Probst, C. A., Merkle, E. C., Arkes, H. R., & Medow, M. A. (2013) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/0272989x12453501 · Cited by 115

Personality Change: Implications for Organizational Behavior

Tasselli, S., Kilduff, M., & Landis, B. (2018) · Academy of Management Annals · doi:10.5465/annals.2016.0008 · Cited by 114

Determining the Efficacy of a Resiliency Training Approach in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

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‘That was my old life; it's almost like a past-life now’: Identity crisis, loss and adjustment amongst people living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Dickson, A., Knussen, C., & Flowers, P. (2008) · Psychology & Health · doi:10.1080/08870440701757393 · Cited by 112

On motivational readiness.

Kruglanski, A. W., Chernikova, M., Rosenzweig, E., & Kopetz, C. (2014) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/a0037013 · Cited by 110

Internal Versus External Control of Reinforcement: A Review of the Locus of Control Construct

Kormanik, M. B., & Rocco, T. S. (2009) · Human Resource Development Review · doi:10.1177/1534484309342080 · Cited by 111

Expectancy determinants of intrinsically motivated behavior.

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The index of teaching stress: A measure of student-teacher compatibility

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Perceived Control is a Transdiagnostic Predictor of Cognitive–Behavior Therapy Outcome for Anxiety Disorders

Gallagher, M. W., Naragon-Gainey, K., & Brown, T. A. (2014) · Cognitive Therapy and Research · doi:10.1007/s10608-013-9587-3 · Cited by 93

Rejection sensitivity and symptom severity in patients with borderline personality disorder: effects of childhood maltreatment and self-esteem

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Was Gordon Allport a trait theorist?

Zuroff, D. C. (1986) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.51.5.993 · Cited by 86

Canonical Correlation Reveals Important Relations between Health Locus of Control, Coping, Affect and Values

Masters, K. S., & Wallston, K. A. (2005) · Journal of Health Psychology · doi:10.1177/1359105305055332 · Cited by 72

Self-Management: Its place in the management of chronic illnesses

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The Response Set Theory of Hypnosis

Kirsch, I. (2000) · American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis · doi:10.1080/00029157.2000.10734362 · Cited by 58

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Jovanović (2014) · doi:10.1007/s10902-013-9432-0 · Cited by 50

Online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) interventions for chronic pain: A systematic literature review

van de Graaf, D. L., Trompetter, H. R., Smeets, T., & Mols, F. (2021) · Internet Interventions · doi:10.1016/j.invent.2021.100465 · Cited by 49

Response expectancies, treatment credibility, and hypnotic suggestibility: mediator and moderator effects in hypnotic and cognitive-behavioral pain interventions

Milling, L. S., Shores, J. S., Coursen, E. L., Menario, D. J., & Farris, C. D. (2007) · Annals of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1007/bf02879898 · Cited by 43

Do Academic and Social Goals Predict Planned Alcohol Use Among College-Bound High School Graduates?

Rhoades, B. L., & Maggs, J. L. (2006) · Journal of Youth and Adolescence · doi:10.1007/s10964-006-9040-y · Cited by 40

Is smoking a cause of erectile dysfunction? A literature review

Dorey, G. (2001) · British Journal of Nursing · doi:10.12968/bjon.2001.10.7.5331 · Cited by 38

Temperament and the Discounting of Delayed and Probabilistic Rewards: Conjoining European and American Psychological Traditions

Ostaszewski, P. (1997) · European Psychologist · doi:10.1027/1016-9040.2.1.35 · Cited by 36

A Motivational Perspective on Means-End Chains

(2001) · Lirias · doi:10.4324/9781410600844-27 · Cited by 36

Assessing patient beliefs in a clinical trial ofHypericum perforatum in major depression

Bann, C. M., Parker, C. B., Bradwejn, J., Davidson, J. R. T., Vitiello, B., & Gadde, K. M. (2004) · Depression and Anxiety · doi:10.1002/da.20036 · Cited by 34

What's control got to do with it? A systematic review of control beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Sandstrom, A., Krause, S., Ouellet-Courtois, C., Kelly-Turner, K., & Radomsky, A. S. (2024) · Clinical Psychology Review · doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2023.102372 · Cited by 18

Exploring Mianzi consciousness congruence and its impact on unethical pro-organizational behavior

Zhou, B., & Zhang, S. (2024) · BMC Psychology · doi:10.1186/s40359-024-01934-z · Cited by 23

Elderly Veterans' Beliefs Concerning Life-Sustaining Treatment and the Control of Their End-of-Life Health and Health Care

Rodriguez, K. L., & Young, A. J. (2006) · Journal of Aging and Health · doi:10.1177/0898264306293258 · Cited by 15

Japanese American reactions to World War II incarceration redress: Just world belief, locus of control, and coping.

Kim, J. H. J., Nagata, D. K., & Akiyama, M. (2015) · Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0037629 · Cited by 5