TY - JOUR ID - 67742 TI - The influence of perceived self-efficacy on information processing of emotional faces JO - International Journal of Behavioral Sciences JA - IJBS LA - en SN - 2322-1194 AU - Shafiee, Hassan AD - Payame Noor University Y1 - 2011 PY - 2011 VL - 5 IS - 3 SP - 261 EP - 267 DO - N2 - Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the effect of perceived self-efficacy on emotional face processing.Method: Thirty students with high self-efficacy and 30 students with low self-efficacy were selected based on their scores on the Self-Efficacy Belief Questionnaire and performance on a semi-structured clinical interview. A modified pictorial version of the Modified Dot-Probe Task was conducted. Data were analyzed with a repeated-measures analysis of variance and a multiple factor analysis.Results: The results indicated that students with low self-efficacy showed significant vigilance to angry emotional faces, whereas students with high self-efficacy showed significant avoidance of angry faces.Conclusion: The findings demonstrated that generalized self-efficacy was associated with biased information processing towards angry emotional faces. UR - https://www.behavsci.ir/article_67742.html L1 - https://www.behavsci.ir/article_67742_a7e81296431e8d49bceefc92c0a5a88e.pdf ER -