@article{ref1,
title="Self-efficacy and emotionally dysregulated behaviour: an exploratory test of the role of emotion regulatory and behaviour-specific beliefs",
journal="Psychiatry research",
year="2018",
author="Hasking, Penelope A. and Boyes, Mark and Greves, Stuart",
volume="270",
number="",
pages="335-340",
abstract="We examined the relationship between self-efficacy and three behaviours that can serve similar affect-regulatory functions (self-injury, risky alcohol use, disordered eating). We proposed that general self-efficacy would be indirectly related to each outcome, operating via emotion regulatory self-efficacy and behaviour-specific self-efficacy. A path analysis confirmed this proposal in a sample of 490 university students, who completed questionnaires assessing the constructs of interest. Emotion regulatory self-efficacy was a salient predictor of self-injury and disordered eating, evidencing both direct and indirect relationships. Self-efficacy to resist each of the behaviours was uniquely related to its target behaviour. We discuss these findings, outlining the implications for a theoretical understanding of emotion-regulatory behaviours, and offer suggestions for prevention and early intervention initiatives.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-1781",
doi="10.1016/j.psychres.2018.09.045",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.09.045"
}