Self-Efficacy, Adaptation, and Adjustment ― Theory, Research, and Application

For researchers and scientifically oriented practitioners (clinical and otherwise), provides reviews of the research on many of the most important topics concerned with the relationship between self-efficacy and adaptation and adjustment. The volume is organized into five sections. Part I offers an introduction to self-efficacy theory and research and discusses some important conceptual issues. Part II describes applications in clinical psychology; Part III, applications in health psychology; and Part IV, various other applications. Part V consists of commentary chapters by editor Maddux, Irving Kirsch, and Albert Bandura. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.