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Efficacy Beliefs and Their Role in Addiction Treatment Services: A brief exploration of the self- efficacy concept and its implication in the recovery process. Kelley Dundas-Wolfenden SSW 441/W. Skinner May 18, 2001 Contents Introduction.......................................................................................... 3 i. Overview........................................................................... 3 Developmental Aspects of Self-Efficacy.........................................................4 Self-Efficacy, Stress and Health...................................................................5 Self-Efficacy and Addictive Processes...........................................................7 Conclusions....................................................................................... .....9 Bibliography.........................................................................................10 The development of the self occurs in a social context that varies from culture to culture. The degree to which the individual self succeeds in its various roles and tasks, or in its overall purpose, and which Maslow referred to as self-actualization (1972) is determined by a variety of social influences upon the individual which serve to establish distinct areas of effectiveness and focus. Mead describes the self as a process, not a thing (Mead, 1934). The process of "becoming" is described by Mead as dependent, to a significant extent, upon motivating factors affected by personal beliefs in one's ability to learn and perform the skills required for a variety of...

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