Hawkins R M
School of Psychology, University of South Australia, Magill, Australia.
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 1995 Sep;26(3):235-40. doi: 10.1016/0005-7916(95)00023-s.
In response to a paper (Hawkins, 1992) arguing that self-efficacy is a predictor but not a cause of behavior, Bandura (1995) has raised a series of counter arguments. None of these counter arguments seem sufficient to retreat from the claim that self-efficacy is not a true cause of behavior. The present paper reaffirms the position that self-efficacy is a useful concept when used as a descriptive metaphor. Examples from applied psychology are raised to justify this position. Discourse analysis is introduced as one approach which is able to circumvent the debate about the reality or nonreality of mental entities.
针对一篇主张自我效能是行为的预测因素而非行为原因的论文(霍金斯,1992年),班杜拉(1995年)提出了一系列反驳观点。然而,这些反驳观点似乎都不足以推翻自我效能并非行为真正原因这一主张。本文重申了这样一种观点,即自我效能作为一种描述性隐喻来使用时是一个有用的概念。文中列举了应用心理学的例子来证明这一观点。话语分析作为一种方法被引入,它能够避开关于心理实体是否真实存在的争论。