@article{ref1,
title="The relationship between self-efficacy and help evasion",
journal="Health education and behavior",
year="2014",
author="Persson, Roger and Cleal, Bryan and Jakobsen, Mette Øllgaard and Villadsen, Ebbe and Andersen, Lars L.",
volume="41",
number="1",
pages="7-11",
abstract="Objective. To examine the relationship between self-efficacy and not wanting help to change health behaviors. Method. All employees in the Danish police department were invited to respond to an electronic questionnaire. All respondents expressing a desire to change health behaviors in relation to smoking (n = 845), alcohol (n = 684), eating (n = 4431), and physical activity (n = 5179) and who subsequently responded to questions on self-efficacy were included. Results. Both the bivariate and multiple regression analyses showed that all four specific self-efficacy scores were positively related to reporting that one did not want help. Conclusion. A high belief in one's own ability to change lifestyle behaviors in relation to smoking, alcohol, eating, and physical activity may lead to avoidance of help offers in a workplace setting.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1090-1981",
doi="10.1177/1090198112473109",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198112473109"
}