1st Student's Major
Recreation, Parks, and Leisure Services
1st Student's College
Allied Health and Nursing
Students' Professional Biography
Gretchen Walker is a Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services major with an emphasis in therapeutic recreation and a minor in gerontology at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Over the past two years, she has completed two research studies and co-presented the findings at the Undergraduate Research Conference held on campus. She is planning on developing another research study with two other therapeutic recreation students next year. Amy Posner is a Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services major with a therapeutic recreation emphasis and a minor in psychology at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Over the past two years, she has completed two research studies and co-presented the findings at the Undergraduate Research Conference and is planning on another study next year.
Mentor's Name
James Wise
Mentor's Email Address
james.wise@mnsu.edu
Mentor's Department
Recreation, Parks, and Leisure Services
Mentor's College
Allied Health and Nursing
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to test a theoretical model where self-efficacy is hypothesized to influence people’s behavioral intentions directly and indirectly through effects on outcome expectancy. Data on self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, and intention to jog two consecutive miles were collected from 115 college students enrolled in general education classes. As anticipated, path analyses indicated that efficacy had both a direct impact on intention and an indirect impact through its effects on outcome expectancy. The more efficacious people were, the more positive the outcomes they associated with jogging and the surer they were they would jog. The model tested in this study holds potentially important implications for health professionals. Based upon the model, professionals can increase the likelihood people will perform healthy activities by developing interventions that lead to stronger self-efficacy and greater awareness of positive outcomes associated with the activities.
Recommended Citation
Walker, Gretchen and Posner, Amy
(2003)
"Using Social Cognitive Theory to Predict Behavior,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato: Vol. 3, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56816/2378-6949.1176
Available at:
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/jur/vol3/iss1/7
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