Self-Efficacy As a Health-Protective Resource in Teachers? A Biopsychological Approach

Health Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 358-368

  Schwerdtfeger, Andreas ^a   Konermann, Leslie ^a   Schönhofen, Katja ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ambulatory monitoring; burnout; cardiac activation; cortisol response to awakening; teacher self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FACULTY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 47749101651     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.27.3.358     Document Type: Article

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