The study examined the effectiveness of a motivational package developed based on the components of the temporal motivational theory on reducing the participants’ tendency to procrastinate. Characteristics of a sample of 308 junior secondary school students (formed 14 groups) were matched and randomly assigned (in group unit) into treatment and control conditions. Through watching a video in a workshop, the treatment group learned the skills to reduce procrastination while the control group learned relaxation skills. Participants then completed an assignment in 10 school days after the intervention workshop to apply the strategies they have learnt. Results indicated that participants who received the intervention package showed significantly less behavioral procrastination than those who did not. Implications of the findings were discussed. / published_or_final_version / Educational Psychology / Master / Master of Social Sciences

The current investigation provides a preliminary investigation of the "imposed networks" (adults with whom youth interact, but were not necessarily chosen) of youth aged 8 to 12. Also evaluated was the relative influence of parents and teachers on youths' feelings of self-efficacy. Youth reported on levels of warmth, psychological control and decisionmaking at home and at school. Self-efficacy was assessed by both youth and parent report. Results indicated that the emotional climate provided by parents was more influential on girls' feelings of self-efficacy than boys, and that higher warmth was negatively associated with boys' feelings of self-efficacy. Teacher psychological control was consistently negatively related to youths' feelings of self-efficacy. No evidence was found for either additive or interactive effects of home and school environments. Instead, the pattern of results suggested that youth benefit from moderate to high levels of parental warmth, when teachers provide levels of warmth that are either equally high or lower than parents.

Wai Chi Man Veronica = 歷奇活動對自我效能的影響 : 過程分析 / 韋智敏. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-103). / Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. / Wai Chi Man Veronica = Li qi huo dong dui zi wo xiao neng de ying xiang : guo cheng fen xi / Wei Zhimin. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / List of Figures --- p.x / List of Tables --- p.xi / Chapter CHAPTER ONE --- Introduction --- p.1 / Background of the Study --- p.1 / Purpose of the Study --- p.5 / Definition of Terms --- p.6 / Delimitations --- p.6 / Limitations --- p.6 / Significance of the Study --- p.6 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO --- Review of Literature --- p.8 / Diversity of Adventure Programming --- p.8 / Models of Adventure Programming --- p.9 / The Experiential Learning Cycle --- p.9 / The Adventure-based Learning Process Model --- p.11 / The Adventure Experience Paradigm --- p.11 / The Model of Adventure Based Counseling --- p.13 / Application of Adventure Programming --- p.13 / Research in Adventure Programming --- p.15 / Outcome Research --- p.15 / Meta-analyses --- p.17 / Process Research --- p.20 / Research Directions --- p.22 / Self-efficacy --- p.23 / Definition of Self-efficacy --- p.24 / Theoretical Understanding of General Self-efficacy --- p.25 / Importance of Self-efficacy --- p.25 / Adventure Programming and Self-efficacy --- p.27 / Theoretical Connection --- p.27 / Sibthorp (2003)，s Study --- p.28 / Summary --- p.30 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE --- Method --- p.31 / Participants --- p.31 / Instrumentation --- p.31 / Demographics and Psychographics --- p.31 / Measuring Self-efficacy --- p.31 / Measuring the Characteristics of Experience --- p.32 / Measuring Social Desirability --- p.33 / Procedures --- p.33 / Questionnaire Administration --- p.33 / Individual Interviews --- p.34 / Data Analyses --- p.35 / Questionnaire Data --- p.35 / Interview Data --- p.35 / Summary --- p.35 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR --- Results --- p.36 / Questionnaire Analyses --- p.36 / Descriptive Statistics --- p.36 / Reliability of Scales --- p.36 / Self-efficacy Change --- p.37 / Social Desirability Change --- p.38 / Prediction of Post-camp Self-efficacy --- p.39 / Interview Analyses --- p.40 / Outcome Analyses --- p.42 / Process Analyses --- p.50 / Programme Factors --- p.50 / Human Factors --- p.53 / Instructor Analyses - Positive --- p.55 / Instructor Analyses 226}0ؤ Negative --- p.61 / Peer Analyses - Positive --- p.64 / Peer analyses - Negative --- p.66 / Programme Analyses 226}0ؤ Positive --- p.68 / Programme Analyses 一 Negative --- p.70 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- Discussion --- p.73 / Self-efficacy Change --- p.73 / The Prediction of Self-efficacy --- p.74 / Perceived Outcomes and Self-efficacy --- p.76 / Process Factors and Sources of Self-efficacy --- p.79 / Enactive Mastery Experience --- p.80 / Vicarious Experience --- p.82 / Verbal Persuasion --- p.83 / Physiological and Affective States --- p.85 / Methodological Issues --- p.87 / Limitations --- p.90 / Chapter CHAPTER SIX --- "Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations" --- p.92 / Summary --- p.92 / Conclusions --- p.93 / Recommendations --- p.93 / APPENDIX A --- p.104 / APPENDIX B --- p.106 / APPENDIX C --- p.107 / APPENDIX D --- p.108 / APPENDIX E --- p.109 / APPENDIX F --- p.110 / APPENDIX G --- p.111 / APPENDIX H --- p.112 / APPENDIX I --- p.114 / APPENDIX J --- p.115 / APPENDIX K --- p.116 / APPENDIX L --- p.118 / APPENDIX M --- p.121 / APPENDIX N --- p.123 / APPENDIX O --- p.125 / APPENDIX P --- p.127

Breastfeeding self-efficacy is considered one of the key components of a successful breastfeeding experience. The benefits of breastfeeding are well established in the literature and have been widely communicated to the public, resulting in an increasing trend of breastfeeding initiation. However, the United States still falls short of Healthy People 2020 breastfeeding goals. The purpose of this project was to examine the effects of a standardized hospital-based prenatal breastfeeding class on breastfeeding self-efficacy. Dennis's breastfeeding self-efficacy theory was the foundation for the breastfeeding self-efficacy tool used in this project. A quasi-experimental design used a convenience sample of 30 breastfeeding class participants as the experimental group and 30 postpartum women who had no formal breastfeeding education as the control group. The Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form (BSES-SF) was administered to the intervention group prior to the breastfeeding class, at the end of the class, prior to hospital discharge, and at 2 weeks postpartum. The control group received the survey prior to hospital discharge and at 2 weeks postpartum. Key findings indicated that participants in the breastfeeding class demonstrated a statistically significant increase in breastfeeding confidence after the class (t = 9.55(29), p = 0.00). There was no difference between the intervention and control groups at discharge (t = -.412(47), p = 0.686). Nurses and lactation professionals are in a position to evoke social change by examining the impact of breastfeeding self-efficacy and using the findings to shape breastfeeding education.

Självledarskap innefattar strategier som syftar till att medvetandegöra och förändra individens tankar och i förlängningen beteende. Genom att förändra tankemönster kan individen förhoppningsvis öka chansen att hantera stress. Forskning visar att ökat självledarskap medför ökad self-efficacy, vilket i sin tur förbättrar förmågan att hantera stress. Studien syftar till att undersöka om det även finns samband mellan självledarskap och stress, hypotesen var att det föreligger ett negativt samband mellan de båda variablerna. Deltagarna (89 studenter, varav 56 kvinnor) besvarade en enkät bestående av självledarskap, självskattad stress och arbetsmiljö. Analyser visade att det inte fanns ett linjärt samband mellan variablerna, men att självledarskap ändå ökar när arbetskraven ökar. Även självskattad stress ökar vid högre arbetskrav. Det krävs dock ytterligare forskning för att vidare undersöka sambanden, gärna med experimentell design rörande huruvida förändringar i självledarskap leder till förändrade stressnivåer.

Thesis (M.S.)--Missouri State University, 2009. / "May 2009." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 41-42). Also available online.

published_or_final_version / Educational Psychology / Master / Master of Social Sciences

published_or_final_version / Educational Psychology / Master / Master of Social Sciences

Breastfeeding self-efficacy is considered one of the key components of a successful breastfeeding experience. The benefits of breastfeeding are well established in the literature and have been widely communicated to the public, resulting in an increasing trend of breastfeeding initiation. However, the United States still falls short of Healthy People 2020 breastfeeding goals. The purpose of this project was to examine the effects of a standardized hospital-based prenatal breastfeeding class on breastfeeding self-efficacy. Dennis's breastfeeding self-efficacy theory was the foundation for the breastfeeding self-efficacy tool used in this project. A quasi-experimental design used a convenience sample of 30 breastfeeding class participants as the experimental group and 30 postpartum women who had no formal breastfeeding education as the control group. The Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form (BSES-SF) was administered to the intervention group prior to the breastfeeding class, at the end of the class, prior to hospital discharge, and at 2 weeks postpartum. The control group received the survey prior to hospital discharge and at 2 weeks postpartum. Key findings indicated that participants in the breastfeeding class demonstrated a statistically significant increase in breastfeeding confidence after the class (t = 9.55(29), p = 0.00). There was no difference between the intervention and control groups at discharge (t = -.412(47), p = 0.686). Nurses and lactation professionals are in a position to evoke social change by examining the impact of breastfeeding self-efficacy and using the findings to shape breastfeeding education.

The current study proposes an examination of the effects of metacognitive prompting on participants’ self-efficacy when completing a computer-based algebra lesson. Participants will be randomly assigned from the Educational Psychology subject pool. The experimental design contains 4 conditions: before prompts, during prompts, after prompts, or none (control). The data will be analyzed using a one-way ANCOVA with the metacognitive prompt condition as the between subjects factor, the post-test self-efficacy scores serving as the dependent variable, and pre-test self-efficacy scores acting as the covariate. / text