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Effects of a Curriculum Designed to Generalize Self‐Efficacy From Weight‐Training Exercises to Activities of Daily Living Among Adults With Spinal Injuries
Author(s) -
Wise James B.,
Ellis Gary D.,
Trunnell Eric P.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2002.tb00227.x
Subject(s) - generalization , psychology , curriculum , self efficacy , body weight , physical therapy , training (meteorology) , medicine , social psychology , pedagogy , mathematics , mathematical analysis , physics , meteorology
This study examined the effects of a special curriculum designed to facilitate generalization of self‐efficacy from weight‐training exercises to activities of daily living (ADL) among a sample of adults with spinal injuries. Participants ( N = 17) were assigned to 1 of 3 groups: (a) a weight‐training instruction and self‐efficacy generalization group; (b) a weight‐training instruction only group; or (c) a control group. The 2 groups that received weight‐training instruction received 6 weight‐training lessons. The group that also received the self‐efficacy generalization curriculum was exposed to techniques designed to generalize self‐efficacy. Participants in the group exposed to the self‐efficacy generalization curriculum experienced a significantly greater generalization of self‐efficacy than did those who received weight‐training instruction only and those in the control group.