Self-efficacy: toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.
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...According to social learning theory, direct and observational learning may be used to acquire behavioral patterns and strengthen expectations regarding the ability to perform tasks successfully (Bandura, 1977)....
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...Self-efficacy is the belief that behavior required to cope with potentially threatening situations can be successfully executed (Bandura, 1977)....
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...…because it is considered to be the most potent agent for raising self-efficacy, or, the ‘conviction that one can successfully execute the behavior required to produce an outcome’ (Bandura, 1977, p. 193), which in turn is considered to be the critical agent of therapeutic change (Bandura, 1977)....
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...According to Bandura (1977), self-efficacy is the belief that one can successfully execute the behavior required...
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..., Bandura, Adams, & Beyer, 1977; Bandura, Jeffery, & Wright, 1974). In a training situation, individuals with a high degree of self-efficacy are likely to exert considerable effort to master program content. Decker and Nathan (1985) suggested that the success of behavior modeling training is attributable to an increase in trainees' self-efficacy....
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...In seeking a motivational explanation of exploratory and manipulative behavior, White (1959) postulated an "effectance motive," which is conceptualized as an intrinsic drive for transactions with the environment ....
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