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Evaluate the conceptual role of perceived self-efficacy in controlling threat-induced anxiety arousal, physiological reactivity, and avoidant behavior within social cognitive theory.

January 1, 1988Anxiety Research

Self-efficacy conception of anxiety

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Evaluate the conceptual role of perceived self-efficacy in controlling threat-induced anxiety arousal, physiological reactivity, and avoidant behavior within social cognitive theory.
Assessed theoretical models of threat appraisal as a relational interaction between environmental risk and perceived coping capability.
Reviewed experimental analyses examining the microrelation between perceived self-efficacy, subjective distress, autonomic nervous system arousal, and catecholamine secretion.
Perceived coping inefficacy correlates directly with elevated subjective distress, heightened autonomic arousal, and elevated catecholamine secretion.
The perceived inability to control dysfunctional, apprehensive thoughts, rather than the mere presence of frightening cognitions, constitutes the primary driver of anxiety arousal.
Anxiety arousal and avoidant behaviors manifest primarily as concurrent co-effects of low perceived coping efficacy rather than maintaining a direct causal relationship.

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Experimental analyses demonstrate heightened autonomic arousal and distress during perceived coping inefficacy, indicating that perceived control over thoughts and risks governs anxiety.

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Albert Bandura (1988) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e51009be8dae5666d37f01 https://doi.org/10.1080/10615808808248222

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Experimental analyses demonstrate heightened autonomic arousal and distress during perceived coping inefficacy, indicating that perceived control over thoughts and risks governs anxiety.

Self-efficacy conception of anxiety

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