Authors
John S Baer, Craig S Holt, Edward Lichtenstein
Publication date
1986/12
Journal
Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
Volume
54
Issue
6
Pages
846
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Description
Clients in a smoking cessation program rated their confidence (self-efficacy) in their ability to resist smoking at the end of treatment and throughout a 6-month follow-up period. Consistent with previous findings, posttreatment scores significantly predicted subsequent smoking status. When concurrent smoking was partialed out, efficacy remained predictive but to a much lesser degree. The partial correlations also indicated that when pitted against concurrent smoking, confidence scores retain some unique predictive power but do not operate as a powerful mediator of the effects of concurrent behavior. Factor analysis of posttreatment scores revealed that efficacy ratings are primarily unidimensional and not situation specific. Efficacy ratings made 2 months after treatment were quite predictive of future relapse. These analyses suggest that efficacy ratings, although generally not a mediating variable, can be useful …
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JS Baer, CS Holt, E Lichtenstein - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 1986