Background: African American adolescents accounted for more than half of all HIV/AIDS cases in 2009. Behavioral Strategies are needed to help lessen the incidence of HIV/AIDS among this population. Purpose: The aim of his study was to examine sexual self-efficacy practices and beliefs among African American adolescents. We also examined gender differences between African American adolescents to...

OBJECTIVES To examine the interactive effects of message frames and CVD risk factors on women's knowledge, beliefs, efficacy, and behavioral intentions. METHODS In a randomized experiment, women (n = 395) read either a loss- or gain-framed heart disease prevention message to test differential effects by risk factor status. RESULTS Messages significantly increased knowledge, self-efficacy an...

Storm surges require that coastal residents make necessary preparations and evacuate the coast prior to hurricane landfall. An important individual characteristic in preparing for tropical cyclones is hurricane personal self-efficacy. Coastal residents who believe that it is possible to prepare for and evacuate ahead of a hurricane (hurricane response possibilities) and, further, believe that t...

As digital technologies develop and change, so do the ways these tools are integrated into classrooms. In particular, as mobile digital technologies become ubiquitous there is a need to investigate how teachers engage with these tools—both personally and professionally. Research has consistently shown that teachers’ underlying beliefs and attitudes (particularly their self-efficacy beliefs) are...

Adolescence is often a stressful period during development because it involves a pivotal transition from childhood dependency to adulthood independence and self-sufficiency (Smith, Cowie, & Blades, 1998). One major challenge that adolescents encounter during their teenage years involves acquiring a sense of personal agency in what often seems to be a recalcitrant world. Personal agency refers t...

The present study was conducted to assess the teachers’ self efficacy on three subscales namely as Student Engagement, Instructional Strategies and Classroom Management. The main objective of the study was to determine the teachers’ self efficacy on these subscales in relation to gender, age, professional qualification, school status and nature of job. For this purpose a convenient sample of 10...

To examine the relationship between students’ perceptions and their non-cognitive outcomes, this research uses secondary analysis of PISA data from 14,167 students in United Arab Emirates. Seven factors learning environment were identified after reviewing literature. The findings reveal that six environments had a statistically significant association with epistemological beliefs. It was also f...

Sport competition can be divided into a preparatory (practice) and performance (competition) process. Selfefficacy beliefs taken just prior (i.e., within 24 hr or after a final practice session) to the actual competition are referred to as performance efficacy beliefs; whereas, efficacy beliefs measured during the preparation or practice stage are referred to as preparatory efficacy beliefs. Co...

This study explored parental beliefs and behaviors designed to convey an antismoking message across levels of self-reported parent and adolescent smoking behavior. Parental self-efficacy, beliefs about smoking, the family relationship, antismoking messages, reactions to smoking, and household smoking rules were explored. Participants were 345 6th, 8th, and 10th graders (50% female; 93% White) a...