ArticleCurrent addiction reports2025
Self-Efficacy as a Mechanism of Behavior Change in Addiction Science and Practice.
Article in Current addiction reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Usage of an App-Based Addiction Prevention Program for German Vocational Students: Secondary Analysis of Data From a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Financial Determinants and Beliefs About Gambling Control: A Cross-National Structural Model of Problem Gambling Severity.Journal of gambling studies · 2026Article
- Impulsivity, Cognitive Distortions, and Problem Gambling Among Spanish Adults Who Gamble: Exploring the Moderating Role of Gambling Self-Efficacy.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Development and Pilot Test of a Novel Digital Social Support Intervention for Reducing Hazardous Alcohol Use.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026Article
- The correlation between drug abuse belief, refusal of self-efficacy and drug craving of patients in the treatment of methadone replacement treatment.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Cross-sectional comparison of individual and group psychosocial programs among individuals on probation with substance use problems in Türkiye.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
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Authors and funding
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Abstract
Purpose of Review: This review examines Recent Findings: Self-efficacy is a construct with a strong theoretical and methodological foundation. While evidence for self-efficacy as a statistical mediator in the context of clinical trials of addictions treatments is mixed, it is most conclusive in within-condition, non-experimental designs. Consistency in empirical support across research methods, populations, and outcomes strengthens support for self-efficacy as a mechanism of alcohol or other substance consumption outcomes. Summary: The current review provides evidence for self-efficacy as a mechanism worthy of direct attention in clinical care for alcohol or other substance use disorders. It is likely a common mechanism of human behavior change that can be harnessed in a range of treatment modalities and client-identified goals. Future work should target self-efficacy directly in intervention development, implementation, and dissemination.
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