Guiding Framework in Understanding the Self

Person-Behavior-Environment (PBE) Model

(P) Personal Factors
• Cognition, affect, biology
• Attitudes, knowledge, beliefs
• Expectations, aspirations

(E) Environmental Factors (B) Behavior Factors

• Culture, society, norms SELF • Actions, actual behavior
• Physical surrounding • Skills, transactions
• Institutional system

Source: Bandura, A. (1999). Social cognitive theory of personality. In Pervin and John (Eds.), Handbook of Personality
Theory and Research, 2nd ed. (pp. 156-158). The Guildford Press.