What question did this study set out to answer?

To articulate the psychological mechanisms and subfunctions through which human behavior is motivated and regulated by self-influence within social cognitive theory.

December 1, 1991Organizational Behavior and Human Decision ProcessesOpen Access

Social cognitive theory of self-regulation

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ABAlbert BanduraKaiser Permanente

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Implication

Theoretical framework outlines self-monitoring, judgment, and self-efficacy mechanisms governing human behavior, highlighting how social factors and personal standards drive self-regulation.

Key Points

To articulate the psychological mechanisms and subfunctions through which human behavior is motivated and regulated by self-influence within social cognitive theory.
Conceptual analysis of self-regulatory architecture, focusing on the triadic subfunctions of self-monitoring, judgmental process, and affective self-reaction.
Theoretical synthesis of personal agency, self-efficacy dynamics, and domain differences between achievement striving and moral conduct.
Self-regulation operates through three primary subfunctions: self-monitoring of behavior and its context, judgment against personal and environmental standards, and affective self-reaction.
The self-efficacy mechanism functions as a central driver of personal agency, exerting strong qualitative influence on human thought, affect, motivation, and action.
Moral conduct utilizes the same self-regulative system as general achievement, but relies on more stable evaluative standards, complex judgmental factors, and more intense affective self-reactions.

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Albert Bandura (1991) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa1fd80f44a1a3ebd3b3504 https://doi.org/10.1016/0749-5978(91)90022-l

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Implication

Theoretical framework outlines self-monitoring, judgment, and self-efficacy mechanisms governing human behavior, highlighting how social factors and personal standards drive self-regulation.