St Quinton, T. orcid.org/0000-0002-5014-4729, Morris, B. orcid.org/0000-0001-9071-8945, Lithopoulos, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-8212-2583 et al. (3 more authors) (2023) Self-efficacy and alcohol consumption: Are efficacy measures confounded with motivation? Cogent Psychology, 10 (1). 2180872. ISSN 2331-1908
Abstract
Recent research has suggested self-efficacy measures (i.e., I can) are confounded with motivation (i.e., I will). The study tested whether two measurement conditions can disentangle motivation from self-efficacy in relation to alcohol consumption. Specifically, the study compared a standard self-efficacy measurement condition with a motivation held constant (i.e., including “If I really wanted to” in self-efficacy measures) and a vignette condition (i.e., clarifying the definition of “can” before self-efficacy measurements). A randomized posttest-only design was used. A sample of 259 university students were allocated to one of three conditions (standard; motivation held constant; vignette) and completed measures of self-efficacy and alcohol consumption. Greater self-efficacy towards both consuming and refraining from alcohol was found in the vignette (d = 0.58 & 0.74) and motivation held constant (d = 0.34 & 0.58) conditions. Heavy drinkers in the vignette (d = 1.48) and motivation held constant (d = 0.93) conditions reported greater self-efficacy for refraining from alcohol than the standard condition. Self-efficacy towards refraining from alcohol in the standard condition (r = −.55) was more highly correlated with alcohol behaviour than self-efficacy in the vignette condition (r = −.06). The study adds to the evidence that standard measures of self-efficacy are confounded with motivation. Providing a vignette clarifying the meaning of self-efficacy and including “If I really wanted to” in self-efficacy measures can overcome self-efficacy confounding.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Self-efficacy; motivation; perceived capability; alcohol consumption; health behaviour |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 Nov 2023 09:50 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2024 13:10 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/23311908.2023.2180872 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:205130 |