Self-efficacy and perceived control

Cognitive mediators of pain tolerance

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6201230
AutoresMark D Litt (0000-0002-8319-6090, University of Connecticut, autor correspondente)
Ano1988
Volume54
Fascículo1
Páginas149-160
Data de publicação1988-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037//0022-3514.54.1.149
PMID3346804
OpenAlexW1970865238
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas63
Referências citadas4

The cold-pressor task was used with 102 female undergraduates in 2 experiments to determine (a) whether self-efficacy has validity as a true causal determinant of behavior change or is a correlate of change that has already occurred and (b) how perceptions of control and self-efficacy interact to determine choice behavior, persistence, and the impact of an aversive stimulus. Results of Experiment 1 indicate that self-efficacy expectations affected performance beyond what would have been expected from past performance alone. Changes in self-efficacy expectations predicted changes in cold-pressor tolerance. These findings suggest that self-efficacy expectations can be causal determinants of behavior in an aversive situation. Results of Experiment 2 indicate that self-efficacy was separable from control and that performance was best if both high levels of perceived control and self-efficacy were present. These findings support the notion that self-efficacy expectations can mediate the desirability of providing control, in that those who benefit most from control are those who are most confident they can exercise it.

Aversive Stimulus · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cold pressor test · Control (management · Developmental psychology · Pain tolerance · Perceived control · Perception · Psychiatry · Self-control · Self-efficacy · Stimulus (psychology · Threshold of pain · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Pain Management and Placebo Effect · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology