self-efficacy
self EF-ih-kuh-see
sɛlf ˈɛfɪkəsiListen
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an individual's belief in their own capacity to execute the behaviours necessary to produce specific outcomes in a particular domain; Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory concept, first articulated in 1977, holding that self-efficacy beliefs determine whether people initiate courses of action, how much effort they invest, how long they persist when confronting difficulties, and how much stress they experience; distinguished from self-esteem (general self-worth) in being domain-specific and task-related; high self-efficacy is associated with greater goal-setting ambition, academic achievement, health behaviour change, and recovery from psychological difficulties
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