Summary
This chapter reviews primary and meta-analytic research on how self-efficacy—individuals' beliefs in their capability to implement behaviour needed to reach goals—can be promoted through structured behaviour change interventions. The authors examine the four main sources of self-efficacy and synthesise evidence on techniques that activate these sources across health, work, and academic domains. The review provides practical guidance for designing and evaluating interventions targeting self-efficacy as a mechanism for sustained behaviour change.
Regional applicability
This is a generic psychology and behaviour change review with no specific geographic focus. Findings on self-efficacy mechanisms and intervention design are broadly transferable to United Kingdom health, occupational, and educational contexts, though the review does not address food systems, agriculture, or nutrition specifically.
Key measures
Self-efficacy beliefs; sources of self-efficacy (mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, verbal persuasion, somatic and affective states); behaviour change outcomes
Outcomes reported
The chapter reviews empirical and meta-analytic research on behaviour change techniques that promote self-efficacy beliefs. It synthesises evidence across health, work, and academic intervention contexts and provides practical guidelines for designing and evaluating such interventions.
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