title: [Generalized self-efficacy in relation to anti-health behaviours of general practitioners exemplified by smoking].
abstract: The purpose of the present work is to make an assessment of generalized self-efficacy of general practitioners and to investigate its relationship with socio-demographic factors and undertaking risky behaviours taking smoking as an example. The participants of the research encompassed 500 general practitioners aged 27-75 living in Poland. The participants' level of generalized self-efficacy was measured first, then, the relationship between generalized self-efficacy, socio-demographic variables and GP's attitudes towards smoking was investigated. The averaged level of GP's generalized self-efficacy was 29.425 +/- 3.64, which is within high referential values. There have been statistically significant relationships between self-efficacy and sex of the participants (men achieved higher scores than women). There have been no significant differences found in the perception of self-efficacy in terms of age and marital status. Statistically significant relationships between generalized self-efficacy and smoking were found only with general practitioners addicted to smoking and smoking every day (in this group, the GSES score was 29.34; SD = 3.60, while in the non-smokers' group the score is significantly higher and is 31.19; SD 4.23). When implementing protective actions related to smoking special attention needs to be devoted to the psychological resources stimulating pro-health activity, including generalized self-efficacy.
authors: Zakład Komunikacji Społecznej i Marketingu, Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego-Państwowy Zakład Higieny. klewtak@pzh.gov.pl
authors: Katarzyna
authors: K
authors: Lewtak
authors: Joanna
authors: J
authors: Smolińska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires