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Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.

A Bandura Psychological Review 1977

Presents an integrative theoretical framework to explain and to predict psychological changes achieved by different modes of treatment. This theory states that psychological procedures, whatever their form, alter the level and strength of self-efficacy. It is hypothesized that expectations of personal efficacy determine whether coping beh...

Towards a Psychology of Coaching: The Impact of Coaching on Metacognition, Mental Health and Goal Attainment.

AM Grant 2001

A theoretical framework for a psychology of coaching was developed. First, the literature on cognitive approaches to coaching, behavioral approaches to coaching, and combinations of the cognitive and behavioral approaches was reviewed. Next, two studies examined the development and validation of a new measure of private self-consciousness...

Executive coaching: A continuum of roles.

R Witherspoon, R White Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 1996

Coaching patients with coronary heart disease to achieve the target cholesterol:: A method to bridge the gap between evidence-based medicine and the “real world”—randomized controlled trial

M Vale, MV Jelinek, JD Best, J Santamaria Journal of clinical epidemiology 2002

Abstract Community studies have demonstrated suboptimal achievement of lipid targets in the management of patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). An effective strategy is required for the application of evidence-based prevention therapy for CHD. The objective of this study was to test coaching as a technique to assist patients in ach...

Coach Yourself: Make Real Change in Your Life

A Grant, J Greene Momentum Press 2001

A Supportive Youth Coaching Model: Relevance to Life Coaches

S Lindgren 2011

Integrative health coaching for patients with type 2 diabetes a randomized clinical trial

R Wolever, M Dreusicke, J Fikkan, T Hawkins, S Yeung, J Wake... The Diabetes Educator 2010

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of integrative health (IH) coaching on psychosocial factors, behavior change, and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods Fifty-six patients with type 2 diabetes were randomized to either 6 months of IH coaching or usual care (control group). Coachin...

The process of patient empowerment in integrative health coaching: How does it happen?

KL Caldwell, J Gray, R Wolever Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2013

Emerging healthcare delivery models suggest that patients benefit from being engaged in their care. Integrative health coaching (IHC) is designed to be a systematic, collaborative, and solution-focused process that facilitates the enhancement of life experience and goal attainment regarding health, but little research is available to desc...

The impact of Co-active Life Coaching on female university students with obesity

M van Zandvoort, JD Irwin, D Morrow International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2009

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the impact of Co-active life coaching on obese female university students. Five obese (BMI ≥ 30kg/m2 ), female university students received an average of nine weekly, 35-minute, one-on-one sessions with a certified coach. Semistructured, in-depth interviews before and after particip...

The quantitative assessment of Motivational Interviewing using Co-active Life Coaching Skills as an intervention for adults struggling with obesity

C Newnham-Kanas, JD Irwin, D Morrow, D Battram International Coaching Psychology Review 2011

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore Motivational Interviewing (MI) applied through Co-Active Life Coaching (CALC) skills on obese adults’ (ages 35 to 55) weight, waist circumference, selfesteem, functional health status, quality of life, self-efficacy, physical activity, and nutrition. Design: A single-subject multi...

The experience of using coaching as a learning technique in learner driver development: An IPA study of adult learning

J Passmore, L Mortimer International Coaching Psychology Review. 2011

Objectives: This preliminary study sought to explore the experiences of UK Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs) in using coaching as a method for novice driver learning, as part of a wider research agenda into the use of coaching in driver instruction. Design: The qualitative method of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used t...

Calmly coping: A Motivational Interviewing Via CoActive Life Coaching (MI-VIA-CALC) pilot intervention for university students with perceived levels of high stress

R Fried, J Irwin International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016

Stress is a campus problem. This pre-post pilot study assessed the impact of Motivational Interviewing via Co-Active Life Coaching (MI-via-CALC) on the stress management of 30 full-time, English-speaking Canadian undergraduate students, aged 17-24 years. Participants were assessed using the Perceived Stress Scale and Hospital Anxiety and ...

What is life coaching? An integrative review of the evidence-based literature

J Jarosz International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016

Life coaching as an industry fully emerged in the 1990s and has exploded to become a $2 billion global industry with nearly 50,000 certified life coaches (ICF, 2012). With the rapid growth and many different programmes and educational platforms, there is a need for defining the exact scope of what life coaching entails (Segers, Vloeberghs...

An integrative literature review on the impact of life coaching on courage, fear and anxiety

J Jarosz International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017

The demand on techniques, approaches and processes that have a positive impact on courage, fear and anxiety is very high in general population. The evidence-based and theoretical literature supporting life coaching as a successful approach building individual courage and helping with fear and anxiety is scarce. This integrative literature...

From Aha to Ta-dah: insights during life coaching and the link to behaviour change

T Robinson, D Morrow, M Miller Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2017

Insight represents a cognitive leap in understanding that is distinct from other types of problem-solving. How moments of insight subsequently link to behaviour has not been investigated in real world settings such as coaching. By extending findings from neuroscience into the field of life coaching, our study examined the link between mom...