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Article: Applying social cognitive theory to career counseling: An introduction
- Article from:
- Career Development Quarterly
- Article date:
- June 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright American Counseling Association Jun 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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This special section of The Career Development Quarterly presents articles that extend social cognitive theory to the practice of career counseling. Readers of the Quarterly are likely to be familiar with the construct of self-efficacy, which has been the most visible aspect of social cognitive theory in the career literature. Developed by Albert Bandura (1986), social cognitive theory is a versatile model of psychosocial functioning that highlights the human capacity for self-regulation. In addition to career development, the general theory has been extended to many domains of behavior such as educational achievement, affective reactions, organizational management, and health maintenance.