Self-efficacy: toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.
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...According to Bandura (1977), self-efficacy involves beliefs that the individual can engage in the required action and that carrying out the behavior will have the intended impact....
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...In sum, “Given appropriate skills and adequate incentives . . . efficacy expectations are a major determinant of peoples’ choice of activities, how much effort they will expend and how long they will sustain effort in dealing with stressful situations” (Bandura, 1997a, p.77)....
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...Bandura (1997a), self-efficacy’s most prominent theorist, claims that: People make causal contributions to their own functioning through mechanisms of personal agency....
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...The need for competence also figures in other theories, such as social cognitive theory, where self-efficacy is considered the primary motivational principle (Bandura, 1977)....
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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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