Cognitive-Behavioral Approach in Physical Health Competence Development

Abstract

The article is devoted to the research of cognitive-behavioral approach implementation specifics in psychological consulting aimed at physical health competence development. The purpose was revealed as well as the main notions of social-cognitive approach that was elaborated by A. Bandura and further on developed by the representatives of his school. In particular, the main notions were reviewed such as: self-efficiency, acquired self-helplessness, control scale, competence. According to A. Bandura the notion of self-efficacy means individual confidence in themselves and ability to execute certain activity. Meanwhile acquiring selfefficacy can be done the following ways: ability to develop behavior, experience, verbal opinions, and emotional state. The comparative analysis of the notions 'competence' and 'competency' was done. The conclusion was drawn that the notion of 'competence' means individual ability to efficiently perform some activity, such as confidence in oneself and one's capabilities to do some activity, but the notion of 'competency' means the level of the capability implementation. The cognitive-behavioral approach (A. Beck, A. Ellis) was validated, the working model for psychological problem with the help of cognitive be