Perceived self-efficacy in health behaviour research: Conceptualisation, measurement and correlates

Psychology and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-69

  Leganger, Anette ^a   Kraft, Pål ^a   Røysamb, Espen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age; Attribution; Education; Gender; Injury risk; Intention; Self efficacy; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347648015     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440008400288     Document Type: Article

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