A fine-grained analysis of the role of self-efficacy in self-initiated attempts to quit smoking
At the time of publication, Leonard Doerfler was not yet affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Abstract
The relation between self-efficacy ratings and smoking behavior was explored among 36 people who were trying to quit smoking on their own. Self-efficacy was predictive of smoking outcome, but there was considerable intersubject variability in the strength of the relation between efficacy and smoking behavior. Both efficacy and previous smoking behavior predicted smoking outcome equally well, however.
This paper has been withdrawn.