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Using Social Cognitive Theory To Predict Behavior, Gretchen Walker, Amy Posner
Using Social Cognitive Theory To Predict Behavior, Gretchen Walker, Amy Posner
Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato
The purpose of this study was to test a theoretical model where self-efficacy is hypothesized to influence people’s behavioral intentions directly and indirectly through effects on outcome expectancy. Data on self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, and intention to jog two consecutive miles were collected from 115 college students enrolled in general education classes. As anticipated, path analyses indicated that efficacy had both a direct impact on intention and an indirect impact through its effects on outcome expectancy. The more efficacious people were, the more positive the outcomes they associated with jogging and the surer they were they would jog. The model tested …
A Study Of Happiness, Rachel Mills
A Study Of Happiness, Rachel Mills
Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato
In the fall of 2012, I undertook a two-week study to test the impact friendships have on my happiness. My overall intention for this experiment was to change how I approached and treated my friendships. The experiment consisted of focusing my attention on my friend’s happiness before my own and to track my behavioral changes towards others. Throughout the two weeks, I tested multiple theories to see if, in fact, they affected my happiness. The most interesting finding in this study was that a variety of social groups are the most influential and important aspect to increasing my own happiness. …