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| | Manual for the Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale, Betz & Hackett |
 | | Anxiety is viewed by Bandura as a "coeffect" of self-efficacy expectations in that the level of anxiety is seen to covary inversely with the level and strength of self-efficacy expectations; as self-efficacy expectations are increased, anxiety should decrease and vice versa. |
 | | Bandura (1977) suggested in addition that one of the major roles of a counselor was to assist the client in increasing his/her expectations of selfefficacy with respect to targeted behavioral domain(s), through interventions based on the sources of efficacy information, that is, performance accomplishments, vicarious learning, physiological arousal, and verbal persuasion and encouragement. |
 | | Thus, interventions focused on increasing self-efficacy expectations via attention to the sources of efficacy information should increase approach versus avoidant behavior and, concurrently, decrease anxiety in relationship to the behavior. |
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