Changes in Self-Efficacy after Biofeedback Treatment.
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Accession number;01A0305092
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| Title;Changes in Self-Efficacy after Biofeedback Treatment. |
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MATSUMURA JUNKO
(Toho Univ., Sch. of Med.)
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Journal Title;Journal of the Medical Society of Toho University
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Journal Code:G0654A
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ISSN:0040-8670
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VOL.48;NO.1;PAGE.13-19(2001)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.4, TBL.1, REF.17 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;The physiological index in patients assigned to biofeedback treatment is often inconsistent with their symptoms. I hypothesized that self-efficacy might explain this phenomenon. I investigated the relation between the effects of biofeedback treatment and changes in self-efficacy, using the General Self-efficacy Scale (GSES). Twenty-one patients assigned to biofeedback treatment were examined. They were asked to complete the GSES before and after biofeedback treatment. These before and after scores were then compared with the scores of a control group (eighty-one healthy persons). GSES was divided into three subscales, "positivity of action", "fear of failure", and "social positioning of ability". Analysis of variance was performed using General Linear Modes (SAS Co., Ltd.). The continuous variables were the total GSES score and three subscales, and the class variables were time progress, treatment effect, sex and a type of disease. Before treatment, the mean total GSES score of the 21 patients was significantly lower than the control group, and the "social positioning" score was markedly lower. Upon analysis of variance, the main observed effect was time progress in the total GSES score. In addition, interactive effects were observed between time progress and treatment effects in the "positivity of action" score. No significant changes were observed in the "fear of failure" score. The main effect of time progress and the interactive effects between diseases and treatment effects was observed in the "social positioning of ability" score. In torticolis patients and chronic headache patients, the "social positioning of ability" score increased more in the improved group than the unimproved group, but in the writer's cramp patients, it increased more in the unimproved group than in the improved group. Patients' self-efficacy increased after biofeedback treatment, but the increase did not correlate with the treatment effect.... (author abst.) |
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