Self-efficacy: toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.
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...…of self-efficacy, CSE’s roots are found in the widely accepted and empirically rich model of individual behavior: Social Learning Theory (SLT) (Bandura 1977a, 1977b, 1978a, 1982, 1986).1 SLT explains human behavior from the perspective of a continuous reciprocality among behavioral,…...
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...Bandura (1977a, 1977b, 1986) suggested that people partly judge their capabilities in comparison with others....
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...…are made to globally assess measures of SE at a single point in the judgment process as though they represented a static, unidimensional construct Bandura (1977b) suggests that such global, unidimensional measures reflect a mixture of, among other things, hope, wishful thinking, and faith in the…...
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...Along with each of these examples comes a definition of the construct that builds upon the initial work of Bandura (1977a, 1977b) in his seminal treatise on SE....
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...…literally dozens of academic works have emerged, both conceptual and empirical, that focus on the concept of self-efficacy (both 1Numerous examples detailing the foundational aspects of Bandura’s (1977) Social Learning Theory exist (cf. Bandura 1977a, 1977b, 1982, 1986; Gist and Mitchell 1992)....
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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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