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Self-efficacy

In psychology, self-efficacy is an individual's belief in their capacity to act in the ways necessary to reach specific goals. The concept was originally proposed by the psychologist Albert Bandura in 1977.

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Self-efficacy

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related to References · 27
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related to Writing · 22
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related to Factors affecting self-efficacy · 20
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related to Other contexts · 13
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related to Genetic and environmental determinants · 12
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related to Social self-efficacy · 10
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related to Healthcare · 9
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related to Work performance · 9
Self-efficacy → For, In, It, Moreover, Overall, The, The WAC, WAC, Work Agentic Capabilities
related to Attribution theory · 7
Self-efficacy → Attribution, Controllability, Failing, If, It, Locus, Stability
related to Motivation · 7
Self-efficacy → High, In, Learned, Low, Martin Seligman, The, Through

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Self-efficacyis aindividual's belief in their capacity to act in the ways necessary to reach specific goals0.90text
Self-efficacyis abelief in one's efficacy0.90text
Self-efficacyis aperception of one's own ability to reach a goal0.90text
in healthinstance ofwith regard to investment behaviors0.80text
educationinstance ofwith regard to investment behaviors0.80text
and economic development.A strong sense of self-efficacy promotes human accomplishmentinstance ofwith regard to investment behaviors0.80text
personal well-beinginstance ofwith regard to investment behaviors0.80text
the difficulty of a taskinstance ofin that when people attribute their failures to stable factors0.80text
they will expect to fail in that task in the future.Controllability describes whether a person feels actively in control of the causeinstance ofin that when people attribute their failures to stable factors0.80text
improved quality of lifeinstance ofresult in positive patient health outcomes0.80text
making excuses for bad behaviorinstance ofmanifesting in behaviors0.80text
avoiding responsibility for consequencesinstance ofmanifesting in behaviors0.80text

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